PARKER v. CLAYPOOL

No. 39489.

223 Miss. 213 (1955)

78 So.2d 124

PARKER v. CLAYPOOL.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 21, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gwinnup, Heidelberg & Fontaine, Jackson, for appellant.

Will S. Wells, Jackson, for appellee.


McGEHEE, C.J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Hinds County, Mississippi, wherein the trial judge peremptorily instructed the jury to eliminate from the promissory note sued on the sum of $6,000, together with interest and 10% attorney's fee thereon, on the ground that to this extent the note represented losses by the appellee in a gambling transaction under the circumstances hereinafter related.

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