Wong Gee Fat v Lee Hoy Chong - [1947] NZLR 408

Contract — Illegality — Action claiming Return of Moneys deposited with Defendant to be held by him for Plaintiffs — Alternative Claim for Return of Moneys to be kept by Defendant in Safe Custody and not returned — Circumstances in which Moneys paid not disclosed or proved — Moneys honestly obtained but actually paid for Shares in Fan-tan Bank — Dividends paid out of Profits — Share-moneys held intact — Carrying on Unlawful Game — Ex dolo malo non oritur actio — Gaming Act, 1908, ss 9, 10, 70.