Intercontinental Hotels Corp. v. Golden

By the first four causes of action alleged in the complaint, the plaintiff, the owner and operator of a gambling casino in Puerto Bico, seeks to recover the sum of $3,000, evidenced by defendant’s check given in payment of a gambling debt. By the fifth, sixth and seventh causes of action, plaintiff seeks to recover the sum of $9,000, on the basis of various theories, the debt having been incurred apparently prior to the loss of moneys by gambling and by the sale of chips, a medium of exchange in the gambling casino. It is conceded that the chips were to be used by the defendant for gambling.…