Ex parte Dickey
West Virginia Supreme Court
Original proceedings for habeas corpus by M. T. Dickey against Sam Davis, Chief of Police.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE:
Charging illegality of an ordinance for violation of which he is held in restraint of his liberty, the relator seeks his discharge on a writ of habeas corpus.
The ordinance in question is one made by the commissioners of the city of Huntington, for the regulation, licensing and taxing of certain vehicles commonly known as “Jitney Busses,” designated in the ordinance as motor busses and therein defined as vehicles “propelled by either gasoline or electricity, operated over any of the streets in the city of Pluntington, for the purpose of carrying passengers for hire, at a rate of fare of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Davis v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Commonwealth v. KingsburyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Hasson v. City of ChesterWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1910
- State ex rel. Case v. HowellWashington Supreme Court · 1915
- City of Charleston v. LittlepageWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1913
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3Cited by110 opinions
- Packard v. BantonSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- State v. . HarrisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1940
- Thompson v. SmithSupreme Court of Virginia · 1930
- Schlesinger v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1925
- State v. MuoloSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1935
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