Legal Opinion
Hull v. . Ruggles
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 28, 1874PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The Revised Statutes (1 R.S. p. 665, § 26) declare that every lottery, game, or device of chance in the nature of a lottery, by whatsoever name it may be called, other than such as have been authorized by law, shall be deemed unlawful. It must have been set on foot for the purpose of disposing of property. (People v. Payne, 3 Denio, 88.) It cannot be doubted, but that the purpose of the defendants, in contracting for the goods sold to them by the plaintiff, was…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Tracy v. . TalmageNew York Court of Appeals · 1856
- Governors of the Almshouse of New York v. . Am. Art UnionNew York Court of Appeals · 1852
- People v. PayneNew York Supreme Court · 1846
3Cited by58 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Evans v. Brotherhood of FriendsWashington Supreme Court · 1952
- People v. HinesNew York Court of Appeals · 1940
- Sirkin v. Fourteenth Street StoreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
- State v. ITM, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1966
- Yellow-Stone Kit v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
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