INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS CORP. v. GOLDEN


18 A.D.2d 45 (1963)

Intercontinental Hotels Corporation (Puerto Rico), Respondent, v. Jack Golden, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

February 26, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley L. Gluck of counsel (Kaufman & Gluck, attorneys), for appellant.

David R. Finkel of counsel (Bernard A. Finkel with him on the brief; Saul A. Finkel, attorney), for respondent.

RABIN and NOONAN, JJ., concur with VALENTE, J.; STEVENS, J., dissents in opinion in which BREITEL, J. P., concurs.


VALENTE, J.

The question in this case is whether the courts of New York will sanction recovery by plaintiff of the amount of credit extended by its gambling casino in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to a patron to permit him to continue gambling.

Defendant was a guest at plaintiff's Intercontinental Hotel in Puerto Rico from December 8 through December 14, 1960. During his stay there, in an attempt to turn chance into fortune, he played —...

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