30 Ill. App. 355
Decided March 13, 1889
Appellate Court of Illinois · decided 1889-03-13
<p>Gaming—Money Advanced.</p> <p>Money advanced, either as a loan or on joint account, to be bet on a horse race, can not be recovered.</p>
Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently December 1895
1 state decisions
Relies on Mosher v. Griffin
Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know
Decided 1889-03-13
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¶1Money advanced, either as a loan or on joint account, to bet on a horse race, can not be recovered, whether the receiver won or lost, whatever excuse or pretense he may offer for not repaying it.
¶2The principle of Mosher v. Griffin, 51 Ill. 184, governs. Beck v. Briggs, 3 Den. 107; Ruckman v. Bryan, 3 Den. 340.
¶3Judgment affirmed.