Barquin v. Flores

Juan BARQUIN, Appellant, v. Orestes FLORES and Jose Flores, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 20, 1984.

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1984-11-20

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“Florida courts have consistently held that gambling obligations, even if valid in the state in which they were undertaken, are unenforceable in Florida as contrary to law and public policy.”

quoted by 1 later decision, including 627 So. 2d 538 - Froug v. CARNIVAL LEISURE INDUS. LTD.

Relies on 122 So. 2d 618 - Young v. Sands, Inc. · 202 So. 2d 830 - Dorado Beach Hotel Corporation v. Jernigan · Dorado Beach Hotel Corp. v. Jernigan

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1984-11-20

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Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently October 2006

5 state decisions

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¶1Joel Lumer, Jugo & Ferradaz, Miami, for appellant.

¶2Harvey D. Friedman, Miami Beach, for appellees.

¶3Before BARKDULL, BASKIN and JORGENSON, JJ.

¶4BASKIN, Judge.

¶5Florida courts have consistently held that gambling obligations, even if valid in the *437 state in which they were undertaken, are unenforceable in Florida as contrary to law and public policy. See Dorado Beach Hotel Corp. v. Jernigan,202 So.2d 830 (Fla. 1st DCA 1967), appeal dismissed,209 So.2d 669 (Fla. 1968); Young v. Sands, Inc.,122 So.2d 618 (Fla. 3d DCA 1960); § 849.26, Fla. Stat. (1977). Thus, we find no error in the trial court's dismissal of Barquin's complaint, even though the gambling proceeds he sought to recover derived from a Puerto Rican lottery ticket lawfully purchased by a Puerto Rican resident in Puerto Rico.

¶6Affirmed.