State v. B.H. Transportation

The state appeals from an order quashing a complaint charging defendant with the operation of a passenger bus on U.S. Highway No. 16 between Rapid City and the Rapid City Air Base "without having first paid compensation for the unusual use, maintenance and upkeep of said highway and the policing of the same and without displaying compensation plates on said motor vehicle."

SDC 44.0420 provides: "The business of operating as a motor carrier as defined in section 44.0422 upon the highways of this state is declared to be a business affected with the public interest. The rapid increase in motor…