Taxed Mike? Public carriers clash in Bluefield case
The court considers whether taxi licensees may operate between Princeton and Bluefield, challenging an electric rail line's route and franchise. It weighs public service protection, licenses, and injunctive relief against unlicensed jitneys on the same highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson
I. Joyce
Courts of Equity
Public Service Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio By. Co
A. A
Bryant
West Suburban Transp. Co
Wmme Oe & W. T. Ry. Co
N. B
Chicago & West Towns Railway Company
Commerce Commission
Illinois
West Virginia
State Road Commission
Memphis Street Railway Company
Transit Company
Tenn
Davis & Banker, Inc
Mickell Et .al
Wash
Supreme Court
Seattle & R. V. Ry. Co
Superior Court For
King County Et A
Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company
Grassmeyer Et al
Court Blocks Taxi Operators From Princeton to Bluefield
The court reverses a decree and enjoins all defendants from operating motor cars on the public road between Princeton and Bluefield except to travel as part of an ordinary taxi business. They are barred from soliciting patrons at the road’s ends or along the route until legally authorized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Princeton
Virginian Railway
Calloway
State Road Commission
Sweeney
Plainis
Circuit Court
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Kirschbaum
E. S. Pedigo Co
Ladie