Brand v. Evans

The claim in this suit is for one hundred and twenty-five dollars, represented by a check drawn by defendant in the State of Mississippi on a bank in Baton Rouge. Plaintiff lives in Mississippi and in due course caused the check to be presented for payment. The drawee bank, upon instructions of defendant, refused payment, and plaintiff then brought the present action.

The defense in substance is that the suit is to enforce the execution of an immoral contract, that plaintiff, with defendant and others, was engaged in a dice game, known as “craps,” in the town of Okolona, Mississippi, that the…