Weaver v. Stone

STRUM, District Judge.

By bill in equity, plaintiff seeks to enjoin the enforcement of chapter 17091, Laws of Florida 1935 (Senate Bill No. 229. approved May 4, 1935), which prohibits the conduct of or participation in “any ‘marathon,’ ‘marathon dance,’ ‘walkathon,’ ‘skatathon,’ ‘bikathon,’ or any other mental or physical contest or performance of a like or similar character or nature under any name whatsoever * ■ *

Plaintiff alleges that upon property owned by him especially acquired and adapted for that purpose and not suitable for any other purpose, he proposes to conduct “a contest wherein…