Chasteen v. City of Decatur

JUDGE CARROLL

delivered the opinion of the court.

On January 16, 1941, the City of Decatur adopted a Municipal Code and in Chapter 70 thereof it prescribed certain rules, standards and regulations for the licensing and supervision of taxicabs and taxicab-service. The portions of said chapter which are pertinent on this appeal are as follows:

Section 1 — “A taxicab is hereby defined to be a vehicle for hire by passengers not having any fixed route or schedule.”

Section 2 — “No taxicab shall be operated or driven on the streets and public ways in the City without a license thereof, nor unless it…