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FRONTON, INC. v. FLORIDA STATE RACING COMMISSION

82 So.2d 520 (1955)

The FRONTON, Inc., Petitioner, v. FLORIDA STATE RACING COMMISSION and Clarence H. Ratliff, John R. Ring, J.D. Johnson, Warren H. Toole, Jr., and C. Sweet Smith, as and constituting the members of the Florida State Racing Commission, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida. En Banc.

September 21, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mallory H. Horton, Miami, and Paty, Downey & Paty, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., George E. Owen, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Stephen C. O'Connell, Fort Lauderdale, for respondents.

ROBERTS, Justice.

This is an original proceeding in mandamus filed here by the petitioner, the Fronton, Inc., to compel the respondents, the Florida State Racing Commission and its members, ("the Commission" hereafter) to issue to it a license to operate a fronton for jai alai games in Palm Beach County, Florida. The alternative writ issued as prayed, and the cause is now before the court on the Commission's answer and return to the alternative writ and motion to...

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