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4 Pennyp. 100

McGrew v. McGregor

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 5, 1884

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1884-11-05

1, of Allegheny County. Assumpsit by B. G. McGrew and A. B. McGrew, trading as B. G. McGrew & Co., against William McGregor and James W. Dudgeon. Upon the trial in the court below, before Stowe, P, > J., the testimony was as follows : B. G. McGrew, one of the plaintiffs, testified, inter alia : I am a broker in the oil exchange. W illiam McGregor, the defendant, employed me through my son. I purchased oil on the 10th of November, 1882.

Decided 1884-11-05

Per Curiam:

¶1The evidence of the plaintiffs shows very clearly that there was no intention to deliver the oil. It was a sale on margins. There was no agreement that the defendants should ever pay the whole amount and take the certificates. This suit was to recover margins paid and advanced by plaintiffs to protect the oil represented by the certificates. The case clearly falls within that class of gambling transactions which the courts will not lend their aid to enforce. Fareira v. Gabell, 8 Norris, 89; North v. Phillips, Id., 250; Dickson’s Executors v. Thomas, 1 Out., 278. The decision and judgment of the court were clearly right.

¶2Judgment affirmed

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