Terminal Taxicab Co. v. Harding
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by tbe plaintiff from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, dismissing a bill of complaint against the members of the Public Htilities Commission of the District to restrain them from assuming jurisdiction over the plaintiff as a public utility, under the act of Congress creating that Commission.
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Hearing on an appeal by tbe plaintiff from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, dismissing a bill of complaint against the members of the Public Htilities Commission of the District to restrain them from assuming jurisdiction over the plaintiff as a public utility, under the act of Congress creating that Commission. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This appeal is from a decree in the supreme court of the District, dismissing appellant’s bill against the Public Utilities Commission of the District to restrain that Commission from assuming jurisdiction…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Robb
Is this Taxicab Company an agency “for public use for the conveyance of persons or property within the District of Columbia for hire ? ” If it is, the law clothes the .Public Utilities Commission with jurisdiction to control and regulate its rates and service in the public interest. The contention is made that it is merely doing “a private livery business,” and hence that it is not within the purview of this statute. In support of this contention it is said that the company does not carry all persons indiscriminately; that the vehicle employed in a particular service is for the exclusive use…
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- Brass v. North Dakota Ex Rel. StoeserSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Lloyd v. HaughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
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