Legal Opinion
State v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided February 1, 1938PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMoulton, J.
The respondent demurred to a complaint charging him with setting up and promoting a lottery in contravention of P. L. 8683. The demurrer was sustained, pro forma, and the State excepted. The cause was passed to this Court before final judgment, as provided by P. L. 2425.
The complaint was originally in two counts, but the first of these was waived below. The second count alleges in substance that the respondent, as manager and operator of the Campus Theatre, in Middlebury, set up and promoted a scheme known as ‘ ‘ Cash Nite, ’ ’ which was conducted as follows: The members of the public were…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Allegheny College v. National Chautauqua County Bank of JamestownNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
- City of Wink v. Griffith Amusement Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1936
- Glover v. MalloskaMichigan Supreme Court · 1927
- Yellow-Stone Kit v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
- State v. DanzWashington Supreme Court · 1926
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Affiliated Enterprises, Inc. v. WallerSuperior Court of Delaware · 1939
- Little River Theatre Corp. v. State Ex Rel. HodgeSupreme Court of Florida · 1939
- State Ex Rel. Line v. GrantNebraska Supreme Court · 1956
- State v. Schubert Theatre Players Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1938
- State v. LindsaySupreme Court of Vermont · 1938
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