Legal Opinion
Mader v. City of Topeka
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided May 8, 1920No. 22,919PublishedCited by 13 opinions
Original proceeding in habeas corpus.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Porter, J.:
The petitioner operates a taxicab for hire upon the public streets of the city of Topeka, and seeks his release from imprisonment upon a conviction for the violation of a city ordinance, claiming that the ordinance is unconstitutional.
The ordinance, No. 4951, enacted by the Board of Commissioners of- the City of Topeka, was published on March 17, 1920. The question turns upon the validity of section 9, which reads:
“It shall be unlawful for the owners or driver of any hackney carriage, taxicab, auto bus, baggage wagon, truck, or any other…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Donovan v. Pennsylvania Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1905
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Southern Express Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886
- City of Chicago v. Gunning SystemIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
- Desser v. City of WichitaSupreme Court of Kansas · 1915
- Fluker v. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1889
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3Cited by13 opinions
- State v. MuoloSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1935
- Long's Baggage Transfer Co. v. BurfordSupreme Court of Virginia · 1926
- People v. GalenaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1937
- Canary Taxicab Co. v. Terminal Railroad Ass'nSupreme Court of Missouri · 1927
- Missouri Pacific Railroad v. KohlerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1920
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