Dorrell v. Clark

In October, 1929, L. W. Clark, sheriff of Wheatland county, seized two slot-machines which had been installed in Dorrell’s “Billiard Parlor” under an agreement that he would “pay” to the owner twenty-five per cent, of the money they took in, and arrested Dorrell who pleaded guilty to the crime of operating them.

The court ordered the machines destroyed and any money found in them deposited with the clerk of the court; #88.85 was so deposited and, on refusal of the clerk to turn the money over to him, Dorrell commenced this action, alleging that he was entitled to the “immediate possession of…