Taylor v Smetten

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1883
Date1883
CourtQueen's Bench Division
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20 cases
  • Flynn v Denieffe
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 1 January 1993
    ...the potential customer and the prize is put in more marked relief. I instance three cases in chronological order; Taylor .v. Smetten (1883) 11 Q.B.D. 207 where packets of tea were sold containing coupons entitling the purchaser to a prize, the prizes varying in character and value; Attorne......
  • Treasure Bay (St Lucia) Ltd Claimant v [1] The Gaming Authority [2] The Cabinet of Saint Lucia [3] The National Lotteries Authority [4] The Minister for Social Transformation Youth and Sports Respondents Cage St. Lucia Ltd Interested Party [ECSC]
    • St Lucia
    • High Court (Saint Lucia)
    • 25 September 2014
    ...chance. That is the conclusion to which the long line of cases referred to by Viscount Dilhorne leads. In particular Taylor v. Smetten , 11 Q.B.D. 207seems to me to be indistinguishable in principle from the present case. In that case the promoter had sold packets of tea for 2s. 6d. each. I......
  • Treasure Bay (St. Lucia) Ltd v Gaming Authority et Al
    • St Lucia
    • High Court (Saint Lucia)
    • 25 September 2014
    ...chance. That is the conclusion to which the long line of cases referred to by Viscount Dilhorne leads. In particular Taylor v. Smetten, 11 Q.B.D. 207 seems to me to be indistinguishable in principle from the present case. In that case the promoter had sold packets of tea for 2s. 6d. each. I......
  • Imperial Tobacco Ltd v Attorney General
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 6 March 1980
    ...shilling's worth" (of goods) "but something of much greater value, the right to which was to be ascertained by chance." 38 The facts of Taylor v. Smetten (1883) 11 Q.B.D. 207 bear some resemblance to those of this case. There packets of tea were sold at 2/6 a packet. Each packet had in it a......
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