Lagoon Jockey Club v. Davis County

This action was instituted by the plaintiff under the provisions of the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act (Laws 1925, c. 24), to enjoin certain criminal prosecutions threatened by the defendants and to determine the meaning and effect of certain statutes of the state.

In the legislative session of 1925, the Legislature enacted the following statute, which, in view of the questions presented here, we deem advisable to quote at length, including the title:

“An act relating to horse racing, and providing for the creation of a state racing commission and defining its powers and duties and repealing…