State ex rel. Seaboard Air Line Railroad v. King

THOMAS, Acting Chief Justice.

This court issued an alternative writ of mandamus, 6 November 1956, commanding the respondents, who are members of Florida Railroad and Public Utilities Commission, to cancel a “letter order” of the commission granting temporary authority to Rockana Carriers, Inc., to engage in certain transportation operations, and to revoke the rule of the commission, numbered 61, or to show cause for their failure to comply with the writ.

This action was an aftermath of the litigation we concluded by our opinion in Seaboard Air Line Railroad Co. v. King, Fla., 89 So.2d 246, by…