Any person who institutes an action for money or property, claimed under a contract founded on a gambling consideration, shall forfeit one hundred dollars ($100), recoverable in any court having cognizance; one half (½) to the person who shall sue therefor, the other one half (½) to the county in which action is brought.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-19-103
Qui tam for bringing action
Code 1858, § 1774 (deriv
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