State ex rel. Railroad Commissioners v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad

Upon application made a rule was issued by the court requiring the respondent herein to show cause why it has not obeyed a premeptory writ of mandamus issued from this court. State ex rel., Railroad Com’rs v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co., 64 Fla. 469, 60 South. Rep. 186.

The peremptory writ commanded the respondent “to observe the rate prescribed in Rule 15-A of the ‘Rules Governing the Transportation of Freight’ by our Railroad Commissioners for switching cars of lumber over your own tracks only in the Jacksonville yards; that is to say, to charge and receive no more than the sum of two dollars…