M. LIPPINCOTT MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CO. v. CHILDRESS

No. J-72.

204 So.2d 919 (1967)

M. LIPPINCOTT MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CO. of Florida, Inc., Appellant, v. Clark CHILDRESS et ux., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. First District.

Rehearing Denied January 10, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis F. Ray, Jr., of Holsberry, Emmanuel, Sheppard & Mitchell, Pensacola, for appellant.

Paul Shimek, Jr., of Hahn, Reeves & Shimek, Pensacola, for appellees.


WIGGINTON, Chief Judge.

Appellant sued appellees on a promissory note assigned to it by the original payee, Universal Marketing Research. One of the defenses asserted by appellees alleged that the promissory note sued upon was given in consideration for participation in an illegal lottery conducted by the original payee, and the obligation evidenced thereby is therefore a nullity and of no legal effect. From the summary...

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