Donahoo v. Mason & Dixon Lines, Inc.

This case was filed by complainants as citizens, residents, and taxpayers of Jefferson County in behalf of themselves and others of like status against defendants engaged in hauling by truck of heavy loads of freight over the highways in the County of Jefferson in the State of Tennessee. The object of the bill was to obtain a declaratory judgment as to the validity of certain general statutes of the State.

The bill attacks Chapter 3, Public Acts of 1953, hy which the maximum gross weight permitted to be hauled over the highways of the State was increased from 42,000 pounds to 55,980 pounds for…