Any person who institutes an action for money or property, claimed under a contract founded on a gambling consideration, shall forfeit one hundred dollars ($100), recoverable in any court having cognizance; one half (½) to the person who shall sue therefor, the other one half (½) to the county in which action is brought.
Code 1858, § 1774 (deriv. Acts 1799, ch. 8, § 5); Shan., § 3164; Code 1932, § 7817; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1703.
Collateral References. Gaming 61.