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L. Ed. 924; Amory v. Gilinan, 2 Mass. 1; Loomis v. Insurance Co., 6 Gray (Mass.) 396; Bersch v. Insurance Co., 28 Ind. 64; Bevin v. Insurance Co., 23 Conn. 244; Sawyer v. Mayhew, 51 Me. 398; Sweeney v. Insurance Co., 20 Pa. 337; Fowler v. Insurance Co., 26 N. Y. 422; ante, p. 842. See "Insurance," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) § 119; Cent. Dig. § 165.
14 Vance on Insurance, 107 et seq.
15 Loomis v. Insurance Co., 6 Gray (Mass.) 398; Vance on Insurance, 129 et seq. See "Insurance;' Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) § 110; Cent. Dig. § 165.
v. Blitch, 83 Ga. 663, 10 S. E. 353; Lester v. Buel, 49 Ohio St. 240, 30 N. E. 821, 34 Am. St. Rep. 556; Mohr v. Miesen, 47 Minn. 228. 49 N. W. 862; Wagner v. Hildebrand, 187 Pa. 136, 41 Atl. 34; Johnston v. Miller, 67 Ark. 172, 53 S. W. 1052; Counselman v. Reichart, 103 Iowa, 430, 72 N. W. 490; Jamie-son v. Wallace, 167 I11. 388, 47 N. E. 762, 59 Am. St. Rep. 302; Ponder v. Jerome Hill Cotton Co., 100 Fed. 373, 40 C. C. A. 416; Clews v. Jamieson, 96 Fed. 648, 38 C. C. A. 473; Morris v. Western Union Telegraph Co., 94 Me. 423, 47 Atl. 926; Atwater v. Manville, 106 Wis. 64, 81 N. W. 985; Rogers v. Marriott, 59 Neb. 759, 82 N. W. 21. Ana see cases cited post,pp. 430, 431, notes 55, 57. Such transactions are not regarded as contrary to public policy in England, but are held to be gaming and wagering transactions within the meaning of the statute prohibiting such transactions. Thacker v. Hardy, 4 Q. B. Div. 685. It has been held, however, that this class of contracts were not gaming contracts within the meaning of statutes avoiding instruments in the hands of bona fide holders if given on a gaming consideration. Shaw v. Clark, 49 Mich. 384, 13 N. W. 786, 43 Am. Rep. 474; Third Nat. Bank v. Harrison (C. C.) 10 Fed. 243. But see, contra, Thacker v. Hardy, 4 Q. B. Div. 685; Cunningham v. Bank, 71 Ga. 400, 51 Am. Rep. 266; Grizewood v. Blane, 11 C. B. 526; Lyons v. Hodgen, 90 Ky. 280, 13 S. W. 1076. That they are wagers within the meaning of a statute, see McGrew v. Produce Exchange, 85 Tenn. 572, 4 S. W. 38, 4 Am. St Rep. 771. See "Gaming," Dec. Dig. (Rey-No.) § 12; Cent. Dig. | 22.

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