Jitney Bus Ass'n of Wilkes-Barre v. City of Wilkes-Barre
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 290, Jan. T., 1916, by plaintiffs, from decree of C. P. Luzerne Co., Oct. T., 1915, No-. 25, in equity, dismissing bill in equity in case of The Jitney Bus Association of Wilkes-Barre, an Unincorporated Association, Paul Bennett, George Koch, Chris Clayton, Frank Hill, Charles Egan, Harry Owens, G. Kreidler, A. E. Wolf, Andy Kocon, Fred Vivian, Mat Golob, Martin O’Boyle, J. G. Bauer, A. C. Kile, Harvey Sickler, A. A. Dougherty, Max Cestra v. The City of…
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Appeal, No. 290, Jan. T., 1916, by plaintiffs, from decree of C. P. Luzerne Co., Oct. T., 1915, No-. 25, in equity, dismissing bill in equity in case of The Jitney Bus Association of Wilkes-Barre, an Unincorporated Association, Paul Bennett, George Koch, Chris Clayton, Frank Hill, Charles Egan, Harry Owens, G. Kreidler, A. E. Wolf, Andy Kocon, Fred Vivian, Mat Golob, Martin O’Boyle, J. G. Bauer, A. C. Kile, Harvey Sickler, A. A. Dougherty, Max Cestra v. The City of Wilkes-Barre. ■ Bill in equity to enjoin the enforcement of a city ordinance regulating jitneys. Before G arm an, J. From the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
The Act of Assembly of June 1, 1915, P. L. 685, gave to cities in Pennsylvania the right to regulate the transportation of passengers and property by motor vehicles not operated on tracks. n Pursuant to this statute the City of Wilkes-Barre passed an ordinance regulating the running of jitneys, which ordinance, after defining a jitney and declaring the operators thereof to be common carriers, provided for the taking out of a permit and payment of a license fee, and required the owner to furnish and keep in full force and effect at all times, “either a…
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