Spiller v. Close
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. This is an action on the case by the plaintiff, a married woman, to recover treble the value of money alleged to have been lost and paid to the defendant by her husband by gambling and is based on Section 8 of Chapter 126 of the Revised' Statutes. Plea, general issue.
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On report. This is an action on the case by the plaintiff, a married woman, to recover treble the value of money alleged to have been lost and paid to the defendant by her husband by gambling and is based on Section 8 of Chapter 126 of the Revised' Statutes. Plea, general issue. The case was reported to the Law Court upon an agreed statement of facts, with the stipulation that if the Law Court determines that the suit is maintainable, it is to be remanded for trial; otherwise the plaintiff is to be nonsuited. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWhitehouse, C. J.
This is an action brought by the plaintiff, a married woman, to recover “treble the value” of money alleged to have been lost and paid to the defendant by her husband by gambling. It is based on the following provision of Section 8 of Chapter 126, R. S., viz.:
“Whoever, by gambling, or betting on persons gambling, loses to any person so gambling or betting, any money or goods, and pays or delivers any part thereof, may sue for and recover the same of *304the winner, in an action on the case, brought within three months thereafter; and if the loser does not, without covin or collusion, within said…
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- Moore v. SettleCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1884
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- Sacknoff v. SacknoffSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1932