Hoover Motor Express Co. v. Fort

This suit was brought by several concerns, operating trucks over the highways of the state, against designated state officials to enjoin the enforcement of chapter 35 of the Public Acts of 1933, amended by chapter 143 of the Public Acts of the same year. These statutes, among other things, limit the weight and dimensions of such vehicles as the complainants have been operating. The chancellor held the legislation invalid, and the state officials have appealed.

A fiat for the preliminary injunction was obtained by the complainants at the filing of the bill. The defendants interposed a demurrer…