Tennessee Coach Co. v. Mayor of Lenoir

The bill was brought by the Coach Company, a common carrier operating- on a State highway thru and over the streets of defendant City, to enjoin the enforcement of an ordinance of the City to restrain, or restrict, the use by complainant of its streets for the loading and unloading of passengers. The insistence appears to be, (1) that because the Coach Company was the holder of a certificate of convenience and necessity, issued to it by the State Utilities Commission, authorizing it to operate over this highway running thru the City of Lenoir, no right remained in the City to regulate and…