Parker v. City of Silverton

The plaintiff is a common carrier of passengers, between Salem and Silverton, by means of motor vehicles, under a permit regularly issued by the Public Service Commission. He brought this suit to enjoin the enforcement of an ordinance of the *300City of Silverton. This ordinance was passed on March 28, 1923, and it prohibits the operator of any vehicle, used for the carriage of passengers or property for hire between points within and without the city, from receiving or discharging passengers or property on any of the public streets of the city, except upon payment to the city of a license fee of…