A Totallsator Case in Court.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1634, 13 February 1886, Page 4

A Totallsator Case m Court.

1 Aflne AVeHiii&t'ob Resident ' M rtgia-tratt-'s Ci>nrt yesleriiay, Robert Mi-lntyrec engineer, pu.dthej'lglrthd 13 iy Purk Raring and Coursing Company .for the 'stfiii Of £(!."*rhe plaintiff ulleged^-(l.) ii. ■ ; c defendants were on the 22nd of D t.v» her last the license s of a totalfsa'o: at the Isl.ind Bay racucourHK whiirli tin-.* worked m connection with th« rareb m On that day. (2.) That <lefeii>lant contracted with plaintiff and otliWrti, that they p'urulMSHd ticktts, tii they would divide among, such of ih purchasers who had paid for thtj tick ts bearipg, the marks, a.nn Viiiihbrfrs of -he- horse -adjudged ; to bA first at tliH I oiith of .each i'«ce i smri equal to th< total moneys paid to the defendants i o abide tht» event of such race, divided by the number of purchasers,' after deructiriU 10 p'erocent.x «6mmisHion. (3) That the plaintiff purchased thr<" tickets on the' third race; th« Island Bay Park Cup Ha,udioap y of ' £400, beairiig 'the marks aiid'n'uiiibttf ofj th" ln>rse knoWn as Nelson, which was adjiidKfd th. winner of the .raw, (4.) TJiat dtt -uiiah'ttf declared' the dividend payable on • the- eveut of the :ra«;e to bei £5 15s on e»ch ticket bearing rh« mirk, or ninrtbor' of Nelson,' and Thquestcd plaintiff and others to hand m 5s uiiTi each ticket presented for ; payment, nt tho namiv time . undertaking^ to . s£6 for eeari > rf i ticket*nnd*sH i hai'iTJe(r io." "(5 ) That plaintiff handed m his three tif-kctri and 15s m silver, but the.. defendants only. P'lid Him £.12 ; wherefore tl»e plaintiff claimed £6. • •< Danjei'Dark, carpenter, also sued th« Company for £2 r 6s, alleging that he! purchased two tickets from defe/)<|ants ■■ioiivthe l ßO,latipn4;Bace'3a|idj6ap of ' x and'paid for 'the* same ; * thnY th<-; tickets were mn.tjked the number of: a horse called Talebearer, "which ran a . 4< dqad heat with.jLittle Scrub; thai, the defendants h ad not paidjany; moneys to, the plaintiff upontheeventjof the said' race, although all times had elapsed and, all ftveuts happened—necessary m that behalf. ; Wherefore the plaintiff. dnimed( £2 6s. The result . of .the 'hearing has! not reached us y«fc — I