Harrison v. Hunt

McCord Harrison, plaintiff herein, filed action August 28, 1923, against the defendants, individually and as members of the State Pair Commission, alleging substantially that they were contemplating and threatening to permit the use of the State Pair Grounds during part of the year 1923 for the purpose of race-track betting, for carrying on a banking or percentage game commonly known as “p^iri mutuels” or “French Pool,” and running or causing to be run, in connection therewith, horse-races for the purpose of deciding the bets and wagers of a pool held abiding the event of the race. Plaintiff…