Martin v. Richardson
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 27 — PETITION ORDINARY — 1. The appellee acquired no legal title to the tickets in the Little Louisiana Lottery, nor to any prize drawn by them, under the purchase from appellant. (Gen. Stats, chap. 29, art. 23, sec. 3; Idem, chap. 22, sec. 5; 13 Am. & Eng. Eno. of Law, p. 1167; Idem, p. 1187.) 2. The exchange of tickets was an exchange of articles without any value.
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Case 27 — PETITION ORDINARY — 1. The appellee acquired no legal title to the tickets in the Little Louisiana Lottery, nor to any prize drawn by them, under the purchase from appellant. (Gen. Stats, chap. 29, art. 23, sec. 3; Idem, chap. 22, sec. 5; 13 Am. & Eng. Eno. of Law, p. 1167; Idem, p. 1187.) 2. The exchange of tickets was an exchange of articles without any value. Neither ticket was worth any thing, except it was made valuable by the voluntary act of the lottery company. Therefore, appellee lost nothing by the exchange, and the law will not recognize and adjudicate transactions…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE HAZELRIGG
delivered the opinion of the court.
Richardson, the appellee, was the owner and holder, by purchase from Martin, the appellant, of four tickets in the Little Louisiana Lottery concern. Among them was ticket No. 93,262.
The drawing was fixed for January 14, 1890, and on the 15th or 16th of that month Martin informed Richardson that it had been postponed. He then induced him to surrender his four tickets and accept one in the Big Louisiana Lottery, saying that he had let him have these four tickets by mistake, that they belonged to ánother person, who was demanding them. As a…
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