City of Miami Beach v. Tanner

The appellees, operators of taxicabs licensed by the appellant, City of Miami Beach, filed a chancery action seeking a declaration of rights relative to certain provisions of the Code of the City regulating the minimum charging of taxi fares. It was the contention of the City that under its Code a taxi driver is required to charge the metered fare and that the taxicab operators had no power or authority to charge a flat rate between any point in the City of Miami Beach and Miami International Airport, which is beyond the municipal limits of the appellant. There were no facts in dispute, and…