State v. Downes

“Every person, firm or corporation operating any motor vehicle other than a street car upon any public street or way in the business of transporting passengers for hire, and receiving and discharging passengers along a regular route over which the vehicle is operated, is hereby declared to be a common carrier and as such shall be subject to the provisions of this act so far as applicable thereto.” Laws 1919, c. 86, s. 1. The following sections of the chapter provide for the regulation of the business described in section one. The question presented is whether the defendant’s business is…