Surf Club v. Motland

THORNAL, Justice.

Appellant, The Surf Club, which was defendant below, seeks reversal of a declaratory decree in a proceeding brought by the appellees to determine their voting rights in the appellant club.

The point to be determined is whether the appellees and those similarly conditioned enjoy the complete voting privileges that control the operations of the appellant club.

The Surf Club was chartered as a nonprofit Florida corporation in 1930. Si*385multaneously Surf Hotel Corporation was incorporated as a corporation for profit. Surf Hotel Corporation erected a clubhouse, swimming pool and…