SCOTT v. DUNAWAY

No. 5-1501.

311 S.W.2d 305 (1958)

Malcolm P. SCOTT et al., Appellants, v. Edwin L. DUNAWAY et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 24, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. H. Dillahunty, West Memphis, Edwin E. Dunaway, Little Rock, for appellants.

Goldstein & Smith, West Memphis, Barrett, Wheatley, Smith & Deacon, Jonesboro, for appellees.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

The question here is whether pari-mutuel betting upon greyhound races violates the constitutional prohibition against lotteries. Ark.Const. Art. 19, § 14. This suit for a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief was brought by the appellants, citizens of Crittenden county. The original defendants were the State Racing Commission and the Commissioner of Revenues; Southland Racing Corporation was later brought into the case, after...

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