Lang v. Merwin
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
In Equity. On appeal by plaintiffs. Petition of twenty legal voters of the town of Skowhegan under B. S. 1883, chapter 17, section 1, as amended by statute of 1891, chapter 98j — now B. S. 1903, chapter 22, section 1, — against the tenant or occupant of a certain room in a certain building, in said town, praying for injunctions, both temporary and perpetual, to restrain the defendant from using or allowing said room to be used as a place of resort for gambling.
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In Equity. On appeal by plaintiffs. Petition of twenty legal voters of the town of Skowhegan under B. S. 1883, chapter 17, section 1, as amended by statute of 1891, chapter 98j — now B. S. 1903, chapter 22, section 1, — against the tenant or occupant of a certain room in a certain building, in said town, praying for injunctions, both temporary and perpetual, to restrain the defendant from using or allowing said room to be used as a place of resort for gambling. The Justice of the first instance found the facts to be as follows: “The defendant was possessor of a nickel-in-the-slot machine…
1Opinion of the CourtEmery, J.
The defendant had in his cigar store a slot machine of the kind, and operated in the manner, described in the finding of facts by the justice of the first instance. It is agreed by the parties that if using the machine in the manner described constituted “gambling” in the statutory sense of the word, then the defendant’s cigar store was resorted to for “gambling” within the purview of the statute upon which this petition in equity is based, (R. S., ch. 22, § 1.)
The word “gambling” as a legal term has been variously defined by courts and legal authors. By some of these definitions both parties…
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