Legal Opinion
South Carolina State Highway Department v. Barnwell Bros.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 14, 1938No. 161PublishedCited by 422 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone
Act No. 259 of the General Assembly of South Carolina, of April 28, 1933, 38 Stat. 340, prohibits use on the state highways of motor trucks and “semi-trailer motor trucks” whose width exceeds 90 inches, and whose weight including load exceeds 20,000 pounds. For purposes of the weight limitation § 2 of the statute provides that a semitrailer motor truck, which is a motor propelled truck with a trailer whose front end is designed to be attached to and supported by the truck, shall be considered a single unit. The principal question for decision is whether these prohibitions impose an…
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