Mosher v. Griffin

Citations

• 51 Ill. 184

Syllabus

<p>1. Gaming—of a recovery for services for Gaining a horse for a race. Where a party brought his action to recover for services rendered in fitting a horse for a race, on which money was bet, it was held, that the services rendered, whether the race was run or not, being in aid of an offense prohibited by statute, was in violation of law and he could not recover.</p> <p>2. But, for money laid out and expended for the shoeing and feed of the horse, while under training, it not necessarily being a part of a gaming transaction, he was entitled to recover.</p>