Texas Supreme Court July 1, 1851 (McElroy v. Carmichael)

Hemphill, Cli. J.

In the ease of Dnnman v. Strather (1 Tex. R., 89) it was decided that wagers are not illegal merely as wagers. They are *228illegal only when they are forbidden by statute, or when they militate against morality, public policy, or decency, or tend to the injury of third persons and form an inducement to a breach of the peace.