Williams v. Wall
Supreme Court of Missouri
Jljpffeal from Buchanan Circuit Court. I. Defendant, Wall, even though an innocent party, was liable for the conversion of the draft. (Koch vs. Branch, 4oi Mo., 5é2 ; Chapin vs. Drake, 75 111., 295 ; Edw. Bills, § 337; Sto. Prom. Notes, § 192.) Much more was this the case where, as was here the fact, he had knowledge.
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Jljpffeal from Buchanan Circuit Court. I. Defendant, Wall, even though an innocent party, was liable for the conversion of the draft. (Koch vs. Branch, 4oi Mo., 5é2 ; Chapin vs. Drake, 75 111., 295 ; Edw. Bills, § 337; Sto. Prom. Notes, § 192.) Much more was this the case where, as was here the fact, he had knowledge. (Lyle vs. Lindsey, 5 B. Monr., 123; Pope’s Adm’r vs. McKinney, 3 B. Monr., 93.) ' I. The first two sections of the statute touching gaming, confine the action to that by the loser, his heirs, etc., against the winner; and the third and fourth sections do not include drafts…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, Judge
Our attention has been specially called to the plaintiff’s second count.
It charges in substance that on the 3rd of October, 1873, and within three months of the commencement of his action, the plaintiff was the owner of a certain draft for $1,100, drawn b}r the Citizens’ Bank of Greensbury, Indiana, on the 3rd National'Bank of N. Y. City; that one Bailey, a gambler, induced plaintiff to endorse and put up as a stake on a game of chance called “'three card monte,” the said draft, and thereupon won the samé from him; that Bailey having thus become the possessor of the draft, acquainted the…
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- Slacum v. PomerySupreme Court of the United States · 1810
- Schroeppel v. CorningNew York Supreme Court · 1848
- Koch v. Branch & CrookesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1869
- Chapin v. DakeIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
- Van Staphorst v. PearceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1808
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