Galtrof v. Levy

The action is, under section 994 of the Penal Law, to recover moneys lost by plaintiff, by betting on horse races. Defendant is said to be a professional bookmaker, and, as such, took these bets from plaintiff.

This is a motion by defendant to amend his answer. The subject-matter of the amendment is to allege, by way of a first defense, that plaintiff is not a casual gambler, but that he gambles continuously. In fact, it is alleged that, at one time, he was a business partner of defendant in professional gambling and divided ! profits and shared losses with defendant, as a result of…