Quigg v. State ex rel. Radel

In habeas corpus proceedings before the Circuit Judge it appeared that E. H. Eadel, Jr., was held in custody under a conviction in the municipal court for operating a jitney bus on certain streets, a violation of an ordinance of the city of Miami. The validity of the ordinance was challenged. • To an order of the Circuit Court discharging the petitioner, a writ of error was allowed and taken under the statute. After reciting the conditions that prompted its adoption, the ordinance provides: “That for the purpose of this ordinance, a jitney bus is defined to be any vehicle other than a street…