Hampton v. City of Jacksonville

JOHN M. McNATT, Circuit Judge.

Alleging themselves to he taxpaying citizens of the City of Jacksonville, plaintiffs seek a declaratory decree respecting, and consequent injunction prohibiting, the sale by the city of municipally owned properties known as the Brentwood golf course and the Hyde Park golf course. Neither the right of the plaintiffs to maintain the action nor the jurisdiction of the court in the premises is questioned.

By agreement of the parties the case was expedited and was tried on November 13th and 14th, 1959. At the beginning of the trial, the parties agreed that so-called…