Williams v. Weber Mesa Ditch Extension Co.

RAPER, Justice.

The trial judge left the parties where he found them on what he held to be a gambling contract. The only issue is whether there was an enforceable contract between plaintiff-appellant and defendant-appellee. We will hold there was not and affirm.

The facts are stipulated. Defendant-ap-pellee, a nonprofit corporation, conducted a raffle, the prize being a 40-acre tract of land in Carbon County, Wyoming. Printed tickets were sold at $5.00 each or three for $10.00. Each ticket had printed on its face that the drawing would be held May 1, 1976.

The plaintiff purchased a ticket prior…