Garrison v. McGregor

Citations

• 51 Ill. 473

Syllabus

<p>1. Gaming—what constitutes. Betting on a horse race is gaming, within the meaning of our statute which provides for recovering back money lost in gaming.</p> <p>3. Measure of damages—in action to recover back money lost in gaming. Where parties betting upon a horse race, put the money in the hands of a stakeholder, who paid it over, a part to the winner and the residue to a third person, by direction of the winner, the losing party may recover the whole amount put up and lost by him, from the party with whom the bet was made and to whom he lost the money.</p>