White Line Taxi & Transfer Co. v. Borough of South Brownsville

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

The question raised by this appeal is whether a borough may legally impose by ordinance a license fee for the operation of a motor vehicle of a common carrier — in this instance, a motor bus duly licensed by the State Highway Department and under the regulation of the Public Service Commission — used for the purpose of carrying passengers for hire in or through said borough.

It was decided in Borough of Applewold v. Dosch, 239 Pa. 479, that under the legislation then existing a borough might, by ordinance, impose a license tax upon a motor vehicle used in carrying persons…