Streeper v. Auditorium Kennel Club

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Case, J.

The writ challenges the legality of a lease made on February 27th, 1935, wherein the city of Atlantic City rented the main portion of its convention hall to Auditorium Kennel Club for the conducting, by the lessee, of dog races under the pari-mutuel system.

Kespondents present three points in defense: First, that there is no proof of an illegal object; second, that prosecu*585trix presents no argument for the allowance of the writ; third, that the prosecutrix is not qualified to prosecute the writ.

The pari-mutuel system is too well and too generally…