St. Peter v. Ploneer Theatre Corp.

This controversy involves a drawing at a threatre under an arrangement designated at “bank night”, not identical with, but substantially similar to the arrangement involved in the controversy heretofore presented to this court by the case of State v. Hundling, 220 Iowa 1369, 264 N. W. 608, 103 A. L. R. 861. In that case, we held that the arrangement was not a lottery in violation of the provisions of section 13218 of the Code 1931, and that the proprietor of the theatre was not subject to criminal prosecution. In this case, we are confronted with the question whether the arrangement is such…