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GREATER LORETTA IMP. ASS'N v. STATE EX REL. BOONE

No. 37933.

234 So.2d 665 (1970)

GREATER LORETTA IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION, a Non-Profit Corporation, Appellant, v. STATE ex rel. Arthur T. BOONE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied May 20, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George B. Stallings, Jr., of Stallings & Marr, Jacksonville, for appellant.

William H. Maness, Jacksonville, for appellee.

ADKINS, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from a summary final judgment declaring Fla. Stat., § 849.093, F.S.A. (Bingo Statute) to be unconstitutional and void and enjoining appellant from conducting bingo games.

This case involves the meaning of the word "lottery" as used in Sec. 23, art. 3, Fla. Const. (1885), F.S.A. so as to determine whether the Bingo statute is compatible or in conflict with the Constitution.

The word "lottery" is a generic...

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