McWhorter v. Settle

Duckworth, Presiding Justice.

1. Tlie transportation of passengers for hire in a taxicab upon the streets of a city is not an inherent right, but a privilege which the municipality, in the exercise of its discretion, may grant or refuse. Schlesinger v. Atlanta, 161 Ga. 148 (129 S. E. 861) ; Clem v. LaGrange, 169 Ga. 51 (149 S. E. 638, 65 A. L. R. 1361); 1-2 Huddy. Encyclopedia of Automobile Law, 407, § 187; 1 Blashfleid, Cyclopedia of Automobile Law and Practice, 225, § 331; 37 Am. Jur. 535, § 22.

*335No. 15804. May 16, 1947. Rehearing denied June 12, 1947.

2. Where a city stipulates by ordinance,…