Action lies to recover money won upon a wager, ‘whether a decree of the Court of Chancery would be reversed or not on appeal to the House of Lords ;’ unless the motive be fraud or other turpis causa. Contracts not prohibited by positive law, nor adjudged illegal by precedent, may nevertheless be void as against principles.
Judges:
Mansfield L
Citations:
[1774] EngR 59, (1774) 1 Cowp 37, (1774) 98 ER 954 (B)
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Contract
Updated: 15 May 2022; Ref: scu.373915