Landers v. Eastern Racing Association, Inc.

This is an action of contract brought under the gaming statute, G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 137, §§ 1, 2, in which the plaintiff seeks to recover the sum of $200 lost by him in a bet on a horse race in a building of the defendant. In its answer the defendant set up that it conducted the race under the pari-mutuel or certificate system of wagering by virtue of a license from the State racing commission, hereinafter called the commission, issued to it pursuant to G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 128A, inserted by St. 1934, c. 374, § 3, as amended. The action was tried to a jury and on motion the judge directed a…