| 1885 - 906 sider
...this state (RS, ch. 38. sec. 130), and is void as a gaming contract The language of the statute is: (i Whoever contracts to have or give to himself or another...option to sell or buy at a future time any grain." etc., shall be fined. "And all contracts made in violation of this section shall be considered gambling... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1886 - 1238 sider
...when the transactions took place. That section, so far as applicable to this case, was as follows: " Whoever contracts to have or give to himself or another...buy, at a future time, any grain or other commodity, * * * shall be fined not less than S10 nor more than $1,000, or confined in the county jail not exceeding... | |
| Illinois - 1887 - 2194 sider
...exceeding six months, or both in the discretion of the court. 130. Gambling in grain, etc. § 130. Whoever contracts to have or give to himself or another...forestalls the market by spreading false rumors to influence the price of commodities therein, or corners the market or attempts to do so in relation... | |
| Abraham Clark Freeman - 1888 - 992 sider
...intended a wagering contract: Laws of 1881, c. 81 (RS, sec. 2319 a). la Illinois it is provided that whoever contracts to have or give to himself or another...commodity, stock of any railroad or other company, or gold, shall bo fined or imprisoned in the county jail, and all contracts made in violation of the section... | |
| Wisconsin. Supreme Court, Abram Daniel Smith, Philip Loring Spooner, Obadiah Milton Conover, Frederic King Conover, Frederick William Arthur, Frederick C. Seibold - 1888 - 772 sider
...Illinois, and reads as follows : ' Whoever contracts to have, or to give to himself or another, an option to sell or buy at a future time any grain or...forestalls the market by spreading false rumors to influence the price of commodities therein, or corners the market, or attempts to do so, in relation... | |
| Illinois. Appellate Court, Edwin Burritt Smith, Martin L. Newell - 1888 - 706 sider
...contract prices and the ruling market prices in Chicago. Sec. 130 of the Criminal Code provides that whoever contracts to have or give to himself or another...buy, at a future time, any grain or other commodity, shall be fined not less than $10 nor more than §1,000, or confined in the county jail not exceeding... | |
| Illinois. Appellate Court, Edwin Burritt Smith, Martin L. Newell - 1889 - 704 sider
...for the intention in the words of the act itself." The act says that all contracts whereby one person contracts to have or give to himself or another the option to sell or buy at a future time, etc., shall be void. The act is expressed in clear and precise terms. All such options are prohibited.... | |
| Illinois. Appellate Court, Edwin Burritt Smith, Martin L. Newell - 1889 - 710 sider
...the statute, ue will have to refer to the statute and to the evidence. The statute declares " That whoever contracts to have or give to himself or another the option to sell or to buy at a future time any grain, * * * and all contracts made in violation of this section, shall... | |
| 1890 - 950 sider
...of the agreement. The language of the section, so far as applicable to this question, is as follows: "Whoever contracts to have or give to himself or another...commodity, stock of any railroad or other company, . . . shall be "fined, . . . and all contracts made in violation of thisjsection shall be considered... | |
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