Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Railroad Commissioners v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided April 8, 1919PublishedCited by 9 opinions
A case of original jurisdiction.
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, J.
— An alternative writ of mandamus was issued commanding the railroad company and the steamship company as common carriers to comply with, observe and obey an order of the railroad commissioners set out in the writ.
Among the allegations of the alternative writ are the following: “That the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company is a railroad corporation, and the said company owns and operates a line of railroad lying partly withirj, the State of Florida, and extending therein from various points to Astor, Lake County, Florida, on the St. Johns river. That the Clyde Steamship Company is a…
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