ABSTRACT

Although appellees constitute a group of more than 300 home owners who have their property investments in the neighborhood of this stadium and who work for a living, yet the equities of the case do not appear to be restricted to one side. For instance, all of appellee property owners have moved to the stadium neighborhood since the establishment of its present location and since the beginning of afternoon football games in the stadium. Again, it appears that the chief appellee making complaint has, near the stadium, a home that cost $6,650 in 1924 but which has now increased in value to a present worth of around $13,000. This increase, while undoubtedly accentuated by current inflationary tendencies, has nevertheless occurred in spite of anything that has happened at the stadium or that may reasonably appear to be likely to happen at the stadium in the future. Still further, it must be remembered that "The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity" and that these trustees of posterity should have the strong, healthy bodies that are developed in athletic contests that are held in stadia like that of the appellant.