(DOWNLOAD) "Frost & Frost Trucking Co. v. Railroad Commission California" by Supreme Court of the United States # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Frost & Frost Trucking Co. v. Railroad Commission California
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 07, 1926
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 84 KB
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This case involves the constitutional validity of the Auto Stage and Truck Transportation Act of California, c. 213, Statutes of California, 1917, p. 330, as construed and applied to plaintiffs in error by the state supreme court. The specific challenge is that, as so construed and applied, it takes their property for public use without just compensation, deprives them of their property without due process of law, and denies them the equal protection of the laws, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the federal Constitution. The act provides for the supervision and regulation of transportation for compensation over public highways by automobiles, auto trucks, etc., by the railroad commission. The term "transportation company" is defined to mean a common carrier for compensation over any public highway between fixed termini or over a regular route. By ? 3, no corporation or person is permitted to operate any automobile, auto truck, etc., "for the transportation of persons or property as a common carrier for compensation on any public highway in this state between any fixed termini . . . unless a permit has first been secured as herein provided." Permits are issued upon application by the incorporated city or town, city and county, or county within or through which the applicant intends to operate. By ? 4, the railroad commission is empowered to supervise
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