Fritz v. Presbrey
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Bills in Equity seeking relief. Heard on appeal from decree of Superior Court and decree reversed, and injunctions granted vacated.
1Opinion of the CourtSweetland, C. J.
The above entitled proceedings are bills in equity filed by certain complainants who allege that in the city of Providence they have been duly licensed to engage in the business of transporting passengers for hire by means of motor vehicles, termed “motor buses” under the provisions of Chapter 1263, Public Laws 1915, and popularly called "jitneys.”
The complainants seek to restrain the Board of Police Commissioners and the Superintendent of Police of Providence from enforcing against the complainants the provisions of a certain ordinance of said city regulating the operation of motor buses,…
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