ATLANTIC COAST LINE R. CO. v. CARTER


66 So.2d 480 (1953)

ATLANTIC COAST LINE R. CO. et al. v. CARTER et al. FLORIDA CITRUS COMMISSION et al. v. FLORIDA RAILROAD & PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.

Supreme Court of Florida, Special Division A.

Rehearing Denied July 27, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.C. Howell, Frank G. Kurka, Wilmington, N.C., for Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.

Chas. S. Ausley, Tallahassee, for Seaboard Air Line R. Co. and Perry & Gulf R. Co.

Seddon G. Boxley, Washington, D.C., and Cyril C. Copp, Jacksonville, for Georgia, Southern & Florida R. Co.

Russell L. Frink and John B. L'Engle, Jacksonville, for Scott M. Loftin and John W. Martin, as trustees of the property of Florida East Coast R. Co.

J.E.D. Yonge, Pensacola, for Louisville & N.R. Co.

Elliott Adams, Jacksonville, for Jacksonville Terminal Co.

M.B. Knight, Blountstown, for Marianna & Blountstown R.R.

Jas. N. Frazer, Atlanta, Ga., and Thomas Sale, Panama City, for Atlantic & St. Andrews Bay Ry. Co.

W.H. Watson and Watson & Brown, Pensacola, for St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Co.

F.C. Hillyer, Jacksonville, for City of Jacksonville and others.

Maxwell W. Wells, Maguire, Voorhis & Wells, Orlando, for Florida Citrus Commission and others.

G.L. Reeves, Tampa, for Florida Canners Ass'n.

Lewis W. Petteway, Tallahassee, for respondents.

Pepper, Faircloth & Buford, Tallahassee, amicus curiae.


PER CURIAM.

This case involves a motion to quash petitions for writs of certiorari and to dismiss the proceedings in two cases.

It appears that the respondents held hearings with reference to the adoption of rules and regulations governing clearances, above, beside and between railroad tracks in the State of Florida. An order was finally entered on February 18, 1953, known as Order 1871. The order was to become effective...

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