Beavers v. City of Williamsburg

Opinion of the Court by

Morris, Commissioner

Affirming.

Beavers and twenty-two others, licensed operators of taxicabs in the city, joined as plaintiffs in a petition seeking a declaration of rights and injunctive relief as against defendants, officers of the city, from enforcing certain requirements of an ordinance adopted December 2, 1946, effective January 1, 1947.

The ordinance attacked fixed the annual license fee of taxi operators at $75, and provided that each operator should file with the city clerk evidence of financial responsibility in the form of insurance policies or bonds, insuring…