State Ex Rel. Pinellas Kennel Club, Inc. v. State Racing Commission

Relator filed an application for a racing permit under Chapter 14832, Acts 1931. The permit was' denied, and mandamus has been applied for on the theory that the granting of permits when applications are made in proper form, is a non-discretionary mandatory duty on the part of the State Racing Commission under Chapter 14832, supra.

In the present case the Court is of the opinion that no sufficient legal cause for denial of the permit has been made to appear conceding arguendo that the claimed discretion on the part of the State Racing Commission to deny permits, under certain circumstances,…