...from bringing or maintaining in any court of law or equity a suit for their recovery. The words are, " and that no suit shall be brought or maintained in...the event on which any wager shall have been made." In any way of reading this part of the section, it is impossible to prevent its operating to defeat...

...wagering, shall be null and void ; and that no suit shall be brought or maintained VOL. V. BB D. & L. 366 in any Court of law or equity for recovering any sum...the event on which any wager shall have been made: Provided always, that this enactment shall not be deemed to apply to any subscription or contribution,...

...WAGERING, shall be NULL and VOID ; and that no suit shall be brought or maintained in any court of law <>r equity for recovering any sum of money or valuable...the event on which any wager shall have been made. fa) Gremaire v. Lt Clerc Bois Valrni, 2 (<•) Battersliy v. Lairrenff, Car. & M. 279. Carapb. 143,...

...recovering any sum of money or valuable thing alleged to be won upon any wager;" but the succeeding words, " or which shall have been deposited in the hands of...the event on which any wager shall have been made," did not add to the meaning of the former words. It never could have been intended by the Legislature...

...for recovering any sum of money or valuable thing, alleged to be won upon any wager, or which should have been deposited in the hands of any person to abide the event on which any wager should have been made." The general riJc, governing the construction of statutes, (a) 6 Ad. & Ell....

...or in equity for recovering any sum of money or valuable thing alleged to be won upon any wager, or deposited in the hands of any person to abide the event on which any wager shall have been made; provided always, that this enactment shall not be deemed to apply to any subscription or contribution,...

...or in equity for recovering any sum of money or valuable thing alleged to be won upon any wager, or deposited in the hands of any person to abide the event on which any wager shall have been made ; provided always, that this enactment shall not be deemed to apply to any description or contribution,...

...brought or maintained in any court of law or equity for recovering any sum of money or valuable ihing, alleged to be won upon any wager, or which shall have...the event on which any wager shall have been made," has not a retrospective operation, so as to prevent a party from prosecuting an action on a wager which...

...shall be brought or maintained in any Court of Law or Equity for recovering any sum of money, or any valuable thing alleged to be won upon any wager, or...the event on which any wager shall have been made : provided always, that this enactment shall not be deemed to apply to any subscription or contribution,...

...all contracts or agreements, whether by parole or in writing, by way of gaming or wagering, shall be null and void ; and that no suit shall be brought...the event on which any wager shall have been made : provided always, that this enactment shall not be deemed to apply to any subscription or contribution,...