Brilliant v. Raidy

Plaintiff brings this action against the defendants to recover the sum of $275. Plaintiff claims defendants were stakeholders and accepted the deposit with them of various sums totalling $275 to be transmitted to a third party, a bookmaker, for the purpose of making wagers upon horse racing.

The defendant Raidy agreed that if the plaintiff would deliver certain sums of money to Raidy the night before certain horses were to run, and telephone or advise the said defendant Raidy sometime next- day, prior to the horse racing, what horses he desired to bet on and the amounts of each bet, that the…