WILLIAMS v. WEBER MESA DITCH EXTENSION CO.

No. 4836.

572 P.2d 412 (1977)

Don WILLIAMS, Appellant (Plaintiff below), v. WEBER MESA DITCH EXTENSION COMPANY, INC., a Wyoming Corporation, Appellee (Defendant below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

December 15, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. McCarty, Whitaker & McCarty, Casper, signed the brief and waived oral argument on behalf of appellant.

Harold M. Johnson, Rawlins, signed the brief and waived oral argument on behalf of appellee.

Before GUTHRIE, C.J., and McCLINTOCK, RAPER, THOMAS and ROSE, JJ.


RAPER, Justice.

The trial judge left the parties where he found them on what he held to be a gambling contract. The only issue is whether there was an enforceable contract between plaintiff-appellant and defendant-appellee. We will hold there was not and affirm.

The facts are stipulated. Defendant-appellee, a nonprofit corporation, conducted a raffle, the prize being a 40-acre tract of land in Carbon County, Wyoming. Printed tickets were sold at $5.00 each...

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