Washington Supreme Court November 18, 1892, No. 637 (Maling v. Crummey)

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Scott, J.

This is an action brought to recover money lost at gaming. At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s case the defendant moved for a non-suit, on the ground that the statute on which the action is founded is void in that it is not embraced in the title to said act. The act was entitled ‘ ‘An act to prevent and punish gaming.