Yellow Cab Transit Co. v. Tuck

BOND, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Yellow Cab Transit Company, Inc., instituted this suit to restrain the officials of the city of Sherman from enforcing an ordinance, duly and legally passed by the constituted authority of the city, regulating the use of its public streets, avenues, alleys, highways, boulevards, and public grounds as to the weight of loads and size of vehicles operating thereon.

The ordinance under attack makes it an offense for any commercial motor vehicle, truck, tractor, etc., to be operated on the public streets of the city of Sherman with a load exceeding 7,000 pounds, or…