Allano v. Westchester Racing Ass'n

The plaintiff sued to recover the winnings on four two dollar “ win ” pari-mntnel tickets purchased at defendant’s Belmont Park race track on 1‘ Cold Harbour, ’ ’ a horse entered in the last race on June 7,1940. The horse selected by plaintiff won the race. The plaintiff, however, did not present the tickets for payment on the day of the race, and that evening he inadvertently destroyed them. On the following day he attended the race track, where he was instructed to address a letter to the defendant for the purpose of claiming the proceeds of the destroyed tickets. He wrote, such a letter to…