Saffery v Mayer

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1901
Date1901
CourtCourt of Appeal
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3 cases
  • Khodari v Tamimi
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • October 8, 2009
    ...the Gaming Act 1845 … shall be null and void …” Such a reading is not impossible; but it is a stretch. 26 The decision of this court in Saffery v. Mayer [1901] 1 QB 11 is clear authority for Mr Steinfeld's proposition that the Act of 1892 can preclude reimbursement of monies paid in respect......
  • Close v Wilson
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • January 14, 2011
    ...the placing of the bet. The words of the section covered any promise to repay a payment made "in respect of" a wagering contract. 28 In Saffery v Mayer [1901] 1 QB 11 the defendant invented a scheme for backing horses. Not for the first or last time for schemes of that kind, the inventor wa......
  • Estate Wege v Strauss
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...Garson v Cole (26 T.L.R at p. 469); Sutters v Briggs (1922, 1 A.C. 1); Joe Lee Ltd v Lord Dalmeny (1927, 1 Ch. 300); Saffery v Mayer (1901, 1 Q.B. 11); Hyams v Stuart-King (1908, 2 K.B 696 at p. 728); Chapman v Franklin (21 T.L.R. 515); Tatam v. 1932 AD p77 Reeve (1893, 1 Q.B. 44); Graham v......

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