State ex rel. Ellis v. Seaboard Air Line Railway

Supreme Court of Florida
State ex rel. Ellis v. Seaboard Air Line Railway, 48 Fla. 152 (Fla. 1904)

State ex rel. Ellis v. Seaboard Air Line Railway

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

The issues and the burden of proof in this case were set out fully in our opinion filed on the motion to quash the return, 48 Fla. 129, 37 South. Rep. 314. The respondent has wholly failed to meet these issues and the peremptory writ must, therefore, be awarded.

Judge Carter, if present, would concur.

Taylor, C. J., Shackleford, Cockrell and Hocker, JJ., concur.

Carter, J., absent. Whitfield, J., disqualified, took no part in the consideration of.this case.

Reference

Full Case Name
The State of Florida, ex rel. W. H. Ellis, as Attorney-General of said State, and J. M. Barrs, as Special Counsel for the Railroad Commissioners of the State of Florida v. Seaboard Air Line Railway, a Corporation
Status
Published
Syllabus
On the trial the respondent wholly failing to meet the burden of proof upon the issues raised by the pleadings, peremptory writ awarded.