Florida East Coast Railway Co. v. Sheffield

SMITH, Judge.

Florida East Coast Railway Co. (FEC) appeals from a circuit court judgment for Sheffield on Sheffield’s counterclaim for damages resulting from FEC’s failure to perform an oral agreement to transport Sheffield’s intrastate molasses shipments according to a schedule entitling Sheffield to an approved discount, based on quantity shipments during a year, from ordinary tariff rates approved by the Public Service Commission (PSC). ' FEC urges that the alleged oral agreement has the unlawful effect of nullifying rates prescribed in the public interest by the PSC; that the trial court…