Godfrey v. Ray

This suit was brought by one Edward H. Mills and 25 coplaintiffs for an injunction to prevent the police officers of the city of New Orleans from arresting Mills on the charge of violating Ordinance No. 2346, Commission Council Series, known as the jitney ordinance. The ordinance regulates the business of carrying passengers for fares in vehicles other than street cars, and requires an indemnity bond of every person engaged in the business of carrying passengers over indicated routes and for an uniform fare in vehicles operated on rails or otherwise. The plaintiffs alleged that Mills was…