Werner Transp. Co. v. Hughes

(after stating the facts as above).

Does section 131 of the Illinois Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways (Smith-Hurd Ill. Stats, c. 95%, § 228), violate the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution because its provisions, fixing the maximum weights of motor vehicles, constitute an unreasonable and arbitrary interference with the rights of the plaintiffs to the use of the highways of Illinois? In exercising its authority over its highways, the state may prevent the wear and hazards due to excessive size of vehicles and weight of…