State v. Johnson

Appeal by the state from an order and judgment of dismissal on a directed verdict.

The defendant, Samuel S. Johnson, was placed on trial upon an information filed 4n the district court of Lewis and Clark county charging that, between the eighteenth day of April and the tenth day of November in the year 1924, he did “own and operate between Helena and East Helena an automobile, motor vehicle, and bus line for the transportation of persons for compensation, * * * without first obtaining a license, * * * and without filing any bond with the Public Service Commission,” etc.

The evidence adduced was…