Banner Transfer Co. v. Ockerman

BIRD, Chief Justice.

In 1932 the Kentucky General Assembly passed an Act regulating trucks for hire *515and requiring that such operation be conducted under certificates of public convenience and necessity. (Acts 1932, c. 99).. It exempted local cartage operations.

Between 1932 and 1954, divers persons and companies engaged in local cartage operations free of regulation. There were so many of these operations in Louisville and other cities, and the business became so competitive, that the Legislature at its 1954 Session passed an Act authorizing the Department of Motor Transportation to regulate…