Carrier v. Brannan

Citations

• 3 Cal. 328

Syllabus

<p>No action will lie to recover money lost at gaming.</p> <p>Gaming debts have not been legalized by the operation of the act of the legisla-’ ture licensing gaming houses.</p> <p>The object of the legislature in passing the act was to control gaming within certain bounds, by imposing restrictions and burdens upon persons carrying on this kind of business.</p> <p>The license simply operates as a permission, and removes the misdemeanor at common law, without changing the character of the contract.</p>