Manzanares v. Porto Rico Racing Corp.

Juan Manzanares and others began a suit against the Porto Rico Racing Corporation. On behalf of each plaintiff it was averred that he was entitled to a share in the pool which was the output of the races in the hippodrome owned by the defendant. As explained by us in several other cases* the said pool is awarded to the person or persons who out of seven races manage to pick out and write down on a ticket* turned in to the management, the greatest number of victorious horses. The plaintiffs alleged that in the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh races they had ascertained the…