Hicklin v. Coney

The Railroad Commission of South Carolina brought' this suit in the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State seeking the enforcement of the state statutes regulating transportation by motor vehicles. The peti tion alleged that the respondents below, including the present appellant, fell within Class “ F ” of motor vehicle carriers, that is, those known as contract carriers of property, not proposing to operate upon a regular schedule or over a regular route, and that they were carrying on their business on the public highways without having obtained the .required certificates…