Davis v. City of Houston

This is a suit by A. C. Davis and a number of other owners and operators of public carrying “jitneys,” or five-passenger automobiles, in the city of Houston, joined by 200 or more citizens who customarily availed themselves of the “jitney” transportation service, against appellee, to test the validity of an ordinance of the city of Houston prohibiting the use of the streets of the city for such jitney service.

The ordinance complained of, which took effect on March 31, 1924, abolishes all jitney routes for the operation of vehicles in the jitney service theretofore established and existing in…