Laurel Racing Co. v. Jones

This suit was filed by the appellee, J. W. C. Jones, in the Chancery Court of the Second Judicial District of Jones County, averring that appellant, Laurel Racing Company, Inc., promoted and staged stock car races and offered prize money to the winning participants; that the appellee entered such races on July 5, 1952, and that his automobile, described as No. 666, won $180.00 in prize money, but was wrongfully disqualified by the *670racing judges employed by appellant, and that tbe $180.00 was due appellee by appellant.

It is admitted that appellee’s racing car, No. 666, won the racing contest…