If any minor, servant or apprentice shall lose any money or property in any grocery, store or dramshop by betting at cards, or any other gambling device, or by any other bet, wager or hazard whatever, the father, mother, relations or guardian of such minor, or the master of such apprentice or servant may sue for and recover from the keeper of such grocery, store or dramshop, such money or property or the value thereof, so lost by such minor, apprentice or servant.
History: Laws 1856-1857, p. 36; C.L. 1865, ch. 36, § 6; C.L. 1884, § 2295; C.L. 1897, § 3204; Code 1915, § 2512; C.S. 1929, § 58-106; 1941 Comp., § 25-1006; 1953 Comp., § 22-10-6.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 38 Am. Jur. 2d Gambling § 234.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 44 - Miscellaneous Civil Law Matters
Article 5 - Gambling Debts and Losses
Section 44-5-2 - [Contents of complaint.]
Section 44-5-5 - [Defense in action by assignee.]
Section 44-5-7 - [How defenses under this article may be asserted.]
Section 44-5-8 - [Suit before magistrate; interrogatories to defendant.]
Section 44-5-9 - [Answer to interrogatories not evidence in criminal prosecution.]
Section 44-5-10 - [Election bets included.]
Section 44-5-11 - [Stakeholder's liability; demand required.]
Section 44-5-12 - [Garnishment against winner in action by creditor against loser.]