Tyler v. Goodman

COMBS, Justice.

Appellant, R. B. Tyler, filed this suit in equity against appellee, Israel Goodman, and one James E. Henderson, to recover the sum of $1022 which he alleged he lost to them during the period July 7, 1948 to March 30, 1949, by betting on horse races in a handbook operated by them. The basis of the action is ICRS 372.020 which reads: “If any person loses to another at one time, or within twenty-four hours, five dollars or more, or anything of that value, and pays, transfers or delivers it, the loser or any of his creditors may recover it, or its value, from the winner, or any…