Judges: CHAPMAN, J.
Attorneys: Leon J.C. Harton and Mary Jo. Garris, for Plaintiff in Error;
Erskine W. Landis and Hull, Landis Whitehair, for Defendant in Error.
Filed: Mar. 11, 1938
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: This cause is before the Court on writ of error to a final judgment for the sum of $10,124.80 entered by the Circuit Court of Volusia County, Florida, on November 23, 1936, in behalf of E.L. King against the City of Daytona Beach, a municipal corporation in Volusia County, Florida. The basis of the judgment is a contract entered into between the parties dated December 15, 1927, in which it recites that King was the owner of the Clarendon Golf Course at Daytona Beach and contemplated the erection
Summary: This cause is before the Court on writ of error to a final judgment for the sum of $10,124.80 entered by the Circuit Court of Volusia County, Florida, on November 23, 1936, in behalf of E.L. King against the City of Daytona Beach, a municipal corporation in Volusia County, Florida. The basis of the judgment is a contract entered into between the parties dated December 15, 1927, in which it recites that King was the owner of the Clarendon Golf Course at Daytona Beach and contemplated the erection ..
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It is not denied that the contract was a benefit to the City. The contract required King
to maintain and operate the golf course as a "public" course, and to charge only reasonable fees to the members of the public who desired to use the course, and the Legislature validated the contract.
