Coleman v. Drake

Regulation and supervision of motor contract carriers and motor common carriers on the highways of the State is vested in the Georgia Public-Service Commission under the motor-carrier act of 1931 (Ga. L. 1931, p. 199 et seq.), and in the exercise of its supervisory and regulatory powers the commission is vested with a discretion in the promulgation of its orders. In Hudspeth v. Hall, 113 Ga. 4 (38 S. E. 358, 84 Am. St. R. 201), this court said: “The law is well settled that where public officials 'are acting within the scope of their duties and exercising a discretionary power, the courts are…