State ex rel. Railroad Commissioners v. Florida East Coast Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Florida
This is a case of Original Jurisdiction. Statement. The following alternative writ of mandamus was issued herein: “Whereas by a petition filed by our Railroad Commissioners in our Supreme Court in the name of The State of Florida, through Louis C. Massey as Special Counsel for our said Railroad-Commissioners designated by them, it has been made to appear: 1. That the Florida East Coast Railway Company is a railroad company chartered in the year 1892, under the general laws…
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This is a case of Original Jurisdiction. Statement. The following alternative writ of mandamus was issued herein: “Whereas by a petition filed by our Railroad Commissioners in our Supreme Court in the name of The State of Florida, through Louis C. Massey as Special Counsel for our said Railroad-Commissioners designated by them, it has been made to appear: 1. That the Florida East Coast Railway Company is a railroad company chartered in the year 1892, under the general laws of the State for the incorporation of railroad companies, which on December 25th, 1902, and prior thereto owned and…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
(after stating the facts.)
The real purpose of this proceeding is to enforce order No. 357 of the Railroad Commissioners dated May 14th, 1912, requiring the carrier in effect to cease making what may be termed a specific charge of fifteen cents in addition to the regular mileage charge between Jacksonville and St. Augustine for each passenger transported over the respondent’s railroad bridge at Jacksonville, Florida, and of about twenty cents additional between Palatka *136and points south for each passenger transported over the respondent’s railroad bridge at Palatka, Florida, the bridge being a…
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