Allen v. City of Cincinnati

The plaintiff claims that the classifica- . tion of his automoibles under said ordinance as public vehicles is illegal and únjust, unconstitutional and void, for the reason that said automobiles are not public vehicles or common carriers, but are strictly private livery vehicles, or used'in each instance as a'private contract carrier. That the plaintiff does not hold himself out to the public indiscriminately to give service to the utmost of his capacity to all who may apply for service in said vehicles; that at all times he reserves the right at his discretion to hire said automobiles or…