Mooring v. . Stanton

1 N.C. 70

Opinion

On a plea of the statute of gaming. 1788, 5, 633. Money lent to play with, or to pay, at the time of loss, is not recoverable. But it is otherwise of a gaming debt paid by a third person, at the request of the loser.

NOTE. — See Act of 1788 (1 Rev. Stat., ch. 51), and the cases upon the construction of it, Anonymous, 3 N.C. 231; Stowell v. Guthrie, ibid., 297; Hodges v. Pitman, 4 N.C. 276; Turner v. Peacock, 13 N.C. 303;Hudspeth v. Wilson, ibid., 372; Dunn v. Holloway, 16 N.C. 322.

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