Legal Opinion

Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

Texas Attorney General Reports

Decided July 2, 1940No. O-1819Published

1Opinion of the Court

Honorable Fred T. Porter County Attorney Kaufman County Kaufman, Texas Dear Sir: Opinion Ro. O-1819 Re: Whether "Qu1z.sNight" ~,,~.~,of' Kaufman Theatre constitutesa lottery. We have'forreply your letter of January 20, 1940, requestingthe opinion of this department as to whether or not the following scheme constitutesa lot- ;zr;%as 1s made unlawful by the Penal Code of this . We quote from your letter: "A party here in this County Is contem- plating the operation of a !Qulzz Night', as will be described here; and I have given the opinion that it Is a lottery. I would appre- ciate an opinion…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Featherstone v. Independent Service Station Ass'n of TexasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1928
  2. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Ass'n v. FarmerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1898
  3. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1939
  4. Grant and Terry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908
  5. Robb & Rowley United, Inc. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1939

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