Jewel Tea Co. v. City Council of Augusta

“In the absence of Federal regulation and control the States have the undoubted right to regulate motor vehicles *261operating for hire as common carriers.” Pond on Public Utilities, 769, § 708. However, a city ordinance contravening the common right can not be legally passed unless power to do so be plainly conferred by valid, competent, legislative grant. The ordinary use of the streets for delivering and transportation of goods by the owners to and from their residences and places of business is the usual and ordinary right of the citizen, a common right, a right common to all. The original…