HAZEN v. CHAMBERS

Nos. 7411, 7412.

108 F.2d 741 (1939)

HAZEN et al. v. CHAMBERS. CHAMBERS v. HAZEN et al.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided December 4, 1939.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elwood H. Seal, Corp. Counsel, Vernon E. West, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and James W. Lauderdale, Asst. Corp. Counsel, all of Washington, D. C., for appellants in No. 7411, and for appellees in No. 7412.

Joseph B. Danzansky and William R. Lichtenberg, both of Washington, D. C., for appellee in No. 7411, and for appellant in No. 7412.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and MILLER and EDGERTON, Associate Justices.


EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

An undertaker owns "funeral cars" in which, without separate charge, he carries persons attending funerals. He also owns ambulances, and carries persons in them for a fee which he says is not compensatory. He sued to enjoin officials from requiring him, in order to obtain licenses for all these cars, to comply with this statute: "Owners of passenger vehicles for hire, whether operated from a private establishment or from public space,...

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