State ex rel. Wells v. City of Charleston

Miller, Judge:

The relator has applied for a writ of mandamus to compel respondents, the City of Charleston, its mayor and individual couneilmen,'.to act favorably upon two separate applications by him- for permits to operate motor vehicles for hire in said city; the first, as described in the petition, “to operate a five 'passenger Ford Touring Car, commonly known as and called a Jitney Bus. The same to be used for receiving, carrying and discharging passengers within the corporate limits of said city, for which a fee of ten cents is to be charged to each and every passenger;” the second, as-…