State Ex Rel. Reese v. Carter

ADAMS, J.:

This cause comes on for final hearing upon motion for a peremptory writ notwithstanding respondents’ return.

Petitioner held a permit from the respondents to operate a taxicab business in the unincorporated community of Sulphur Springs, adjacent to the City of Tampa. In 1947 the Legislature enacted Chapter 24922, a special act to create a taxicab commission for the City of Tampa, with power to supervise and regulate the operation of taxicabs over the public highways of said city and the adjoining suburban territory to a distance of three miles from the city limits. Because of this…