State Ex Rel. Draper v. Lynch

This action was brought by the state, on relation of the county attorney of Johnston county, against the defendant as the operator and proprietor of two theatres in Tishomingo, Okla., to restrain and perpetually enjoin defendant from conducting what is known as “policy night” or “box office insurance,” on the ground that it is a lottery and within the prohibition of our statute, the same being 21 O. S. 1941 § 1051.

The material paragraphs of the petition alleged, in substance:

“3. To increase the paid attendance and revenues of the two theatres defendant was operating ‘policy night’ by…