Gough v. Pratt
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Equity Side of the Circuit Court for Saint Mary’s county. The bill in this case was filed by the appellant, for an injunction to restrain execution of a judgment recovered against him on a bond, upon the ground that the consideration of the bond was money won in betting and gambling at cards. The allegations of the bill, and the facts of the case, are fully stated in the opinion of this court.
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Appeal from the Equity Side of the Circuit Court for Saint Mary’s county. The bill in this case was filed by the appellant, for an injunction to restrain execution of a judgment recovered against him on a bond, upon the ground that the consideration of the bond was money won in betting and gambling at cards. The allegations of the bill, and the facts of the case, are fully stated in the opinion of this court. The appeal was taken from the order of the court below, (Crain, J.,) sustaining the demurrer of the appellee, dissolving the injunction, and dismissing the bill.
1Opinion of the CourtEccleston, J.
The bill in this case, filed the 5th August 1852, alleges, that on the 29th of May 1849, the complainant executed a single bill to Augustus R. Sollers, on which suit was instituted in his name for the use of James Kent, and on the 7th of August 1850, judgment by default was entered against the complainant upon the said single bill; the only consideration of which is money Sollers claims or pretends to have won in " betting and gambling at cards” with the complainant.
The bill also states, that a fieri facias had been issued upon the judgment; and after calling on the defendants, Sollers and…
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