LAMKIN v. FAIRCLOTH

No. 7068.

204 So.2d 747 (1968)

Charles R. LAMKIN, Jack Flynn, William Shulman, Don C. Pierson and Greater Tampa Showmen's Association, a Non-Profit Corporation, Appellants, v. Earl FAIRCLOTH, As Attorney General of the State of Florida, and Paul Antinori, Jr., As State Attorney for the 13TH Judicial Circuit of the State of Florida in and for Hillsborough County, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Second District.

January 3, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gibbons, Tucker, McEwen, Smith & Cofer, Tampa, and Ervin, Pennington, Varn & Jacobs, Tallahassee, for appellants.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Edward D. Cowart, T.T. Turnbull, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, Paul Antinori, Jr., State's Atty., Nick J. Falsone, Asst. State's Atty., Tampa, for appellees.


HOBSON, Judge.

This appeal is from a declaratory decree of the Circuit Court of Hillsborough County adjudging certain games which are described in § 616.091, Fla. Stat., F.S.A., in which the appellants desire to operate at the Tampa State Fair as gambling and therefore violative of the laws of the State of Florida.

After a careful reading of the pertinent statutes involved, a study of the briefs and record on appeal discussing the matter under consideration...

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