Mason v. Intercity Terminal Railway Co.

The decision of this case calls for a determination of the question of the authority of the Railroad Commission of the State, under existing statutes, to regulate vehicles commonly known as “jitneys,” or “jitney busses,” operating as public carriers outside of or between municipalities. A brief outline of the powers conferred by the lawmakers in this respect is necessary.

The Arkansas Corporation Commission was created by the General Assembly of 1919, and in one of the sections of the statute creating the Commission its jurisdiction was defined to extend to and include “common carriers,…