Stewart v. Department of State

The petitioners have submitted to the Secretary of State for filing a certificate of incorporation for the Pari-Mutuel Messenger Service, Inc. Among the corporate purposes specified in the certificate is the right to act as agent for persons making bets on horse races and to place such bets at race tracks where pari-mutuel betting is now authorized by law. (Laws of 1940, chap. 254.)

Bets will be accepted by the corporation from persons who are not in actual attendance at the race track. The corporation, acting as agent, will undertake to receive money from persons outside the race track with…