State Ex Rel. Burr v. Jacksonville Terminal Co.

When this cause was first presented upon a motion to quash the alternative writ the motion was granted because it was held that the alternative writ did not allege that the Terminal Company was authorized by its charter to issue baggage claim checks to baggage transfer agents nor that the company was authorized as agent of the railroad companies to check baggage to its destination or that it was in fact doing either one of those things. Therefore a right to the mandatory writ as framed did not appear. See State ex rel. Burr et al. v. Jacksonville Terminal Company, et al., 82 Fla. 255, 89…