Legal Opinion
Eccles v. Stone
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided September 20, 1938PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBuford, J.
The appeal brings for review order of Circuit Court denying temporary restraining order sought to restrain Stone as Sheriff from seizing certain coin-operated machines which the Sheriff proposed to seize as unlawful coin-operated devices denounced by Chapter 18143, Acts of 1937.
It is first contended that the machines are not such as to fall within that class of coin-operated machines condemned and prohibited by Chapter 18143, supra. The machines involved in this case are described in the bill of complaint as follows:
“That said machines consist of a rectangular box with a glass top and are…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Bobel v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
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3Cited by21 opinions
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