Legal Opinion
Cotto v. Martinez
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas
Decided December 20, 1965No. File No. 90535Published
1Opinion of the CourtMignone, J.
This action was, in a substituted complaint, brought in six counts. The essence of all six is that the defendants are indebted to and have in their possession the sum of $6500 belonging to the plaintiff and that the defendants refuse to pay this sum over to the plaintiff although due demand has been made.
The action arises out of a “hit” by the plaintiff in a Puerto Rican lottery wherein his $13 bet on a certain number, placed with the defendant Ramon Martinez, a numbers seller for that lottery, came in for a $6500 win. On June 30, 1964, the defendants Ramon and Theresa Martinez, husband and…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Stone v. FreemanNew York Court of Appeals · 1948
- Reiner v. North American Newspaper AllianceNew York Court of Appeals · 1932
- Flegenheimer v. BroganNew York Court of Appeals · 1940
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