Thompson v. Bowie
Supreme Court of the United States
Thompson sued Bowie, in the Supreme Court for the District of Columbia, on three promissory notes for $1000, all dated on the 1st January, 1857, and all drawn payable to and indorsed by one Steer.
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Thompson sued Bowie, in the Supreme Court for the District of Columbia, on three promissory notes for $1000, all dated on the 1st January, 1857, and all drawn payable to and indorsed by one Steer. The defence was, that the notes were given for a gaming consideration, and were, therefore, void even in the hands of a bond Jicle holder, under the statute of 9th Anne, ch. 14, § 1, in force in the district;* which statute makes such notes “ utterly void, frustrate, and of none effect, to all intents and purposes whatsoever.” The defendant did not offer any direct evidence tending to establish the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Davis
Thompson brought suit in the court below to recover on three promissory notes, purporting to be given on the first day of January, 1857, by Bowie to Steer, and indorsed to him. Bowie sought to avoid their payment on the ground that they were founded on a gam'ing consideration, and therefore void, even in the hands of an indorsee, without notice, because the statute of 9th Anne, avoiding gambling contracts, was in force in the District of Columbia, where they were executed. There was no direct evidence offered on the trial to impeach the consideration of the notes; but what is called…
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