Atkinson Novelty Co. v. Prince & Son

This is a suit upon an open account. The defendant filed a plea denying general liability, and also a special plea in which it alleged that the account sued upon was for a certain punch-board, and that the sale of the same was illegal and void, in that it involved the sale of property which was to be used in *498the hazarding of money and was a gambling scheme. The plaintiff demurred both generally and specially to the defendant’s answer. The defendant thereupon filed an amendment to its answer, setting forth more fully the reasons why the contract was illegal and void. The plaintiff moved to…