..."The English statute (8 & 9 Viet. c. 109, § 18) is similar to ours, using the words, 'contracts,' by way of gaming or wagering, shall 'be null and void;' and the courts there uniformly hold that contracta like these in this record are •within the statute....

...him, as if he had a licence to kill game. § 541. The statute 8 & 9 Viet. c. 109, s. 18, provides " that all contracts or agreements, whether by parol...or wagering, shall be null and void ; and that no snit shall be brought or maintained in any Court of law or equity for recovering any sum of money or...

...xn. ings or character of third parties; but it has been provided by a statute of the present reign that ' all contracts or agreements whether by parol...way of gaming or wagering, shall be null and void V This enactment is however expressly declared not to apply to any subscription or contribution for...

...indorsees, for value, without notice, and before maturity. By the statute 8 ft 9 Viet., c. 109, sec. 18, "all contracts or agreements, whether by parol or...of gaming or wagering, shall be null and void; and no suit shall be brought or maintained in any court of law or equity for recovering any sum of money...

...feelings or character of third parties; but it has been provided by a statute of the present reign that ' all contracts or agreements whether by parol...way of gaming or wagering, shall be null and void 5 .' This enactment is however expressly declared not to apply to any subscription or contribution...

...wager, commenced before the passing of the 8 & 9 Viet. c. 109, which enacts that all contracts by way of wagering " shall be null and void," and that " no suit shall be brought or maintained " for recovering money alleged to be won upon a wager. This Act was passed while the action was pending,...

...Wallace, 167 11l. 3SS, 47 NE R 762. 1 The English statute of 8 & 9 Viet., oh. 109, se& 18, provides that "all contracts or agreements, whether by parol...way of gaming or wagering, shall be null and void." Under this statute contracts of the kind now under consideration CH. vn.] AVOIDANCE FOR ILLEGALITY....

...merchants and traders might have their remedies against the undertakers.i §95. Later it was enacted3 "that all contracts or agreements, whether by parol or in writing, by way of gaming or wagering, should be null and void; and that no suit should be brought or maintained in any court of law or equity...

...that; but this conviction does not state that such was the case." l Under a statute rendering void "all contracts or agreements, whether by parol or in writing, by way of gaming or wagering," one for the sale and purchase of railway shares, whereby, according to the understanding of both parties,...

...(8 & 9 Viet. c. 109), 's. 18, which provides that " all contracts or agreements, whether by parole or in writing, by way of gaming or wagering, shall be null and void." 1 Thames and Mersey Ins. Co. v. Hamilton (1887), 12 App. Cas. at p. 498. 2 McArthur, EJ. 2, p. 24;...