Carroll v. California Horse Racing Board

THE COURT.

The controversy which is before this court upon an appeal from a judgment ordering a writ of mandate to issue, concerns the right of the Horse Racing Board, established under the provisions of the California Horse Racing Act (Stats. 1933, p. 2046; Deering’s Gen. Laws, 1937, Act 3421, p. 1634), to suspend the respondent’s license as a trainer of horses. More specifically, the question is whether such action may be taken without affording the licensee a hearing.

On January 1, 1937, petitioner was granted a trainer’s license for a period of one year, under the provisions of the Horse…