Beach v. Queens County Jockey Club

The plaintiff brings this action to enjoin the defendant from permitting betting and the recording of bets at defendant’s race track and in such action he is asking this court to issue a preliminary injunction. Defendant makes a cross-motion to dismiss the complaint upon the ground that the complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action.

The plaintiff alleges in his complaint that the defendant conducts a race track and has set aside a portion of its premises under the grand stand, commonly known as the betting ring, in which ring it permits some fifty bookmakers to…