Brown against Leeson
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 19 June 1792 |
| Date | 19 June 1792 |
| Court | Court of Common Pleas |
English Reports Citation: 126 E.R. 419
IN THE COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS
[43] cases argued and determined in the court of common pleas, in trinity tebm, in the thirty-second year of the reign of george III. BfiOWN against lebson. Tuesday, June 19th, 1792. No action will lie on a wager respecting the mode of playing an illegal game; and if such a cause be set down for trial, the judge at Nisi Prius will order it to be struck out of the paper (a). This was an action of assumpsit on a wager. The declaration stated, "That a certain discourse was had and moved between the Defendant and the Plaintiff, on the number of ways of nicking seven on the dice, allowing seven to be the main, and eleven to be a nick to seven. That the Defendant asserted that there were no more ways than six of nicking seven on the dice, allowing seven to be the main, and eleven to be a nick, which assertion of the Defendant's the Plaintiff denied, and thereupon both the Plaintiff and the Defendant agreed to refer and submit the determination of the said question in dispute to one Walter Payne. That thereupon, in considers, (a) [A wager upon the contingency of a peace between this country and a state with which we are at war, is illegal.-Lacaussade v. White, 2 Esp. N. P. C. 629. So a wager upon a cock-fight, and the judge will not try such a cause. Squires v. Whisken, 3- Campb. N. P. C. 140. Or upon a dog-fight. Egerton v. Furzeman, 1 E. & M. N. P. C. 213. So also a wager, whether an unmarried woman has had a child ? and the Judge will stop the trial. Ditchbwrn v. Goldsmith, 4 Campb. N. P. C. 152, and see Cowp.; 729. Nor will the Court try an action upon a wager on an abstract question of law, or judicial practice, not arising out of circumstances really existing, in which the parties have a legal interest. Henkin v. Guerss, 2 Campb. N. P. C. 409. 12 East, 247, S. C. It seems also that a wager between the proprietors of two carriages for the conveyance of passengers for hire, that a given person should go by one of those carriages and no other, is illegal. Eltham v. Kingsman, 1 B. & A. 683, and see the observations of Abbott, J., Ibid. 688, as to the Judge refusing to try such questions, with regard to which, see also E. v. Deacon, 1 Ry. & M. N. P. C. 27, and Burn v. Taylor, ibid. (,). But an action may be maintained upon a wager of a rump and dozen, whether the Defendant be older than the Plaintiff. Hussey v. Criclcett, 3 Campb. N. P. C. 168. So a, wager of...
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