McCanless v. Southeastern Greyhound Lines, Inc.

In this suit to recover sums paid under protest for interstate permits required by Section 14 of Chapter 119, Acts of 1933, brought into Williams Code as Section 5501.19, the Greyhound Bus Companies challenge the constitutionality of the Act on the ground that it contravenes (1) the commerce clause (Art. 1, sec. 8, cl. 3), and (2) the Fourteenth Amendment of the Federal Constitution. The specific insistence is that (1) the “inspection, control and supervision” provided for by the Act, for which the “permit” charge is made, is a subject fully covered by the Federal Motor Carrier Act of 1935,…