Minor v. Brunetti

Halsey Minor and Save Hialeah Racing, Inc. appeal the trial court’s order in which the court dismissed the cause with prejudice and entered a final judgment of dismissal. We reverse because the trial court failed to confine itself to the four corners of the complaint when it dismissed the cause, as the court is required to do on the review of a motion to dismiss.

Minor and Save Hialeah Racing commenced the underlying declaratory judgment action seeking clarification of Hialeah Park Racetrack’s ownership. They alleged, among other things, that appellee City of Hialeah failed to hold a voter…