Legal Opinion
Stocks v. Lee
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided October 25, 1940PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBuford, J.
The appeal brings for review order dismissing amended bill of complaint.
The bill of complaint in effect alleged that by ordinance the City of Miami prohibited the conduct of business or trade on Sunday either by manual labor, with animal or mechanical power, excepting therefrom work done of necessity and also excepting the printing, publication and circulation of newspapers, and that it was the purpose of the city officials to arrest and prosecute the plaintiff for violating the ordinance.
Plaintiff does not attack the validity of the order but claims the right to injunction upon the theory…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- People v. GardnerMichigan Supreme Court · 1906
- State v. SugarmanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- City of Charleston v. ReedWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1886
- Smith v. DowlingSupreme Court of Florida · 1921
- Egan v. City of MiamiSupreme Court of Florida · 1938
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3Cited by3 opinions
- City of Jacksonville v. WilsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1946
- Ellison v. City of Fort LauderdaleDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1964
- Meristem Valley Nursery, Inc. v. METRO. DADE COUNTYDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983