GOODWILL AD. CO. v. ELMWOOD AMUSEMENT CORP.

Eq. No. 9733.

133 A.2d 644 (1957)

GOODWILL ADVERTISING COMPANY v. ELMWOOD AMUSEMENT CORPORATION.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

June 27, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hinckley, Allen, Salisbury & Parsons, Joseph H. Gainer, Jr., for plaintiff.

Fergus J. McOsker, for defendant.


PAOLINO, Justice.

This action in assumpsit was tried before a justice of the superior court sitting with a jury. After completion of the testimony by both parties the trial justice granted the defendant's motion for a directed verdict on the ground that the contract between the plaintiff and the defendant was in violation of the lottery laws of Rhode Island and therefore null, void and unenforceable. The case is before us on the plaintiff's single exception to the...

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