Cotter v. Stoeckel
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit to restrain the defendant from requiring the plaintiffs to register their motor-vehicles as public-service motorcars, and from requiring them to carry-official number-plates indicating their character as such, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County where a demurrer to the complaint was sustained pro forma (Avery, J.) and, upon the refusal of the plaintiffs to plead further, judgment was rendered for the defendant, from which the plaintiffs appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtCurtis, J.
The plaintiffs for many years have conducted a livery business in Hartford, and since 1911 have used therein a high-class of motor-vehicles. They do not solicit upon the public streets or at cab stands, and do not furnish what is called a taxicab service. Many of their patrons object to riding in a car in any way designated as a public-service vehicle, desiring to create the impression that the car used by them is their own car. The demurrer concedes that number-plates which indicated that the plaintiffs’ cars are public-service motor-vehicles, would cause a substantial loss of patronage and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Crowley v. ChristensenSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- State v. ConlonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
- Young v. LemieuxSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1907
- State v. ColemanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1921
- State v. ShiffrinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1918
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- State v. MuoloSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1935
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