Henderson v. City of Bluefield

Lutz, Judge :

The City of Bluefield, acting under its police power, and its charter authority to pass ordinances for the regulation of automobiles and other vehicles within the municipality pro-motive of the interest or convenience of the inhabitants thereof, on the 13th day of May, 1924, enacted an ordinance making it unlawful: (1) for any person, firm or corporation operating taxicabs, motor busses or jitneys in and out of the city to solicit on the streets thereof passengers for hire; and (2) for any person, firm or corporation owning or operating taxicabs, motor busses or jitneys to stand…