Mattson v. Hollywood Turf Club

Plaintiff, an industrialist sojourning from Louisville, purchased 30 $100 pari-mutuel show tickets on a horse running at Hollywood Park, a race course operated by defendant. The horse won, and shortly thereafter the tickets were stolen from plaintiff’s pocket. Twenty of them were presented by the thief, or an accomplice, to a cashier, and were cashed; the remaining 10 were not cashed. The track eventually paid plaintiff the winnings on the 10 tickets that were not cashed upon satisfactory proof made to the California Horse Racing Board, pursuant to section 19598, Business and Professions…