State v. Peterson

The complaint alleges that on the 4th day of March, 1926, the defendant won an automobile as a lottery prize and that he sold the same for $750; that under the statutes of this state prohibiting lotteries said automobile was forfeited to the State, and judgment is demanded against the defendant for $750, the amount for which he sold the said automobile. A demurrer to the complaint was sustained because it was held that the State could recover the *21automobile only and not the proceeds arising from its conversion. The correctness of that holding is the sole question presented for our…