Commonwealth v. Kentucky Jockey Club

Opinion — Reflecting the Views of the

Various Judges on the Several Questions Presented.

The commonwealth instituted an action in equity against the Kentucky Jockey Club, Latonia Jockey Club, and Churchill Downs, to inquire into the character of their past transactions, and to regulate the scope of their future conduct. The petition presented a threefold aspect, asking relief of an equitable character, embracing also an action in the nature of a quo warranto to forfeit the charters and franchises of the several corporations and seeking incidentally to recover a large sum of money as damages.

The…