MATTSON v. HOLLYWOOD TURF CLUB

Docket No. 17651.

101 Cal.App.2d 215 (1950)

225 P.2d 276

HERBERT J. MATTSON, Appellant, v. HOLLYWOOD TURF CLUB (a Corporation), Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Three.

December 19, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guthrie, Darling & Shattuck for Appellant.

Freston & Files for Respondent.


SHINN, P.J.

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...

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