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2 D.C. 173

Hawkins v. Cox & Smith

Decided June 15, 1819

Assumpsit upon a note given for the purchase of a ticket in a ■ lottery, the prizes in which consisted of lands and lots.

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Decided 1819-06-15

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¶1(nem. con.) was of opinion that the lottery was within the Maryland statute of 1792, c. 58, which was adopted by the Act of Congress of the 27th of February, 1801, with the other laws of Maryland, and that the consideration of the note being unlawful, the plaintiff was not .entitled to recover.

¶2Judgment for the defendants, on the case stated.

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