Hames v. City of Polson

MR. JUSTICE BOTTOMLY:

This is an appeal from a decree and order granting a permanent injunction, enjoining the operation of bars and slot machines and gambling upon or within the confines of the described municipal public park owned by the city of Poison in Lake county, Montana.

Prior to 1936 the Poison Country Club, then an unincorporated association, owned a tract of land, about one-half mile northeast of the Poison city limits, on which golf was played.

To qualify for federal grants of W. P. A. funds, available to municipal corporations and other public agencies but not obtainable by private…