Court Opinion

ID: 9833554
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 22:49:31.19501+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:44:04.246376
License: Public Domain

On Motion for Rehearing.
Appellants have presented an able and earnest motion for rehearing, and in deference thereto we have thoroughly and painstakingly reconsidered the case, and are prompted thereby to modify some of the findings of fact set out in the original opinion.
It was stated in the original opinion' that appellees “purchased” the land now covered by their improvements, for the purpose of operating their amusement devices thereon. The record does not warrant the statement that the land was “purchased” by those now operating those devices. It is sufficient to find, therefore, that they are “occupying” the land for that purpose. It is obvious that this modification cannot affect the merits of the case, however.
Appellants also complain of the finding that the trial judge found as a fact that the operation of appellees’ devices was beneficial to the neighborhood and the business and property located therein. It is true that the trial judge made no such express finding, but such finding will be implied in support of the judgment, and was warranted by the evidence.
It may be said, further, that one of the plaintiffs, Templeton, did not reside at the North Beach, although owning and operating tourist cottages in the immediate vicinity of the amusement devices complained of. And while it is true that he made some objection to the operation of those devices, he does not complain here of the judgment denying him relief in the trial court.
With these modifications of the original opinion, appellants’ motion for rehearing will be overruled.