DIXIELAND WASTE SYSTEMS v. JONES

84-818.

486 So.2d 421 (1986)

DIXIELAND WASTE SYSTEMS, Inc. v. Joe JONES, Commissioner of Public Safety of the City of Bessemer, et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

March 28, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert D. Lipscomb, of Lipscomb & Lipscomb, Bessemer, for appellant.

Arthur Green, Jr., of Paden, Green, Paden & Bivona, Bessemer, for appellees.


FAULKNER, Justice.

This is an appeal by Dixieland Waste Systems, Inc., from the trial court's order denying its petition for writ of mandamus. We reverse.

The facts, as stipulated to, are as follows:

On December 12, 1984, Dixieland applied to the City of Bessemer for a franchise to permit it to pick up garbage from businesses within the City. A City ordinance regulating the issuance of such franchises was...

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