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MOORE v. THOMPSON

126 So.2d 543 (1960)

J.T. MOORE, doing business as Moore's Central Service, Appellant, v. Ina S. THOMPSON, as Motor Vehicle Commissioner of the State of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied February 20, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. McHardy Berson, of Berson, Barnes & Inman, Orlando, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., Joseph C. Jacobs, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles V. Knott, Tallahassee, and W.J. Steed, Orlando, for appellee.

Robert J. Pauley, St. Petersburg, amicus curiae.

DREW, Justice.

This appeal is from a final decree of the Circuit Court for Orange County declaring Chapter 59-295 Laws of Florida to be valid and constitutional.1

Prior to 1951, our statutes spelled out the prohibition of following "any pursuit, business or trade on Sunday, either by manual labor, or with animal or mechanical power, unless the same be work of necessity * * *."2 However, the history...

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