Driver's Dispatch, Inc. v. Florida Railroad & Public Utilities Commission

Appellants were defendants below. Their separate appeals from a summary final decree were consolidated. The issues and questions involved may best be stated by quoting the extensive final decree entered by the chancellor, which was as follows:

“The issue in this case is whether the defendants are conducting the business of an auto transportation company as defined by Section 323.01 of the Florida Statutes [F.S.A.] without having obtained proper authority therefor *900from the plaintiff, Florida Railroad and Public Utilities Commission, as required by Section 323.02 and subsequent sections of the…