5-421 - Losers of certain sums may recover them.

§ 5-421. Losers  of  certain  sums  may recover them. Every person who  shall, by playing at any game, or by betting on the sides  or  hands  of  such  as  do  play,  lose  at  any  time or sitting, the sum or value of  twenty-five dollars or upwards, and shall pay or deliver the same or any  part thereof, may, within three calendar months after  such  payment  or  delivery,  sue  for and recover the money or value of the things so lost  and paid or delivered, from the winner thereof.