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SPROUT v. CITY OF SOUTH BEND

No. 208.

277 U.S. 163 (1928)

48 S.Ct. 502

72 L.Ed. 833

SPROUT v. CITY OF SOUTH BEND.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 14, 1928.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Dudley M. Shively, with whom Messrs. Isaac K. Parks, Frank Gilmer, and Walter R. Arnold were on the brief, submitted for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Iden S. Romig, City Attorney, submitted for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

By ordinance adopted in 1921, South Bend, Indiana, prohibited, with exceptions not here material, the operation on its streets of any motor bus for hire unless licensed by the city. Sprout, a resident of that State, operated regularly a bus with seats for twelve persons between points within South Bend and the City of Niles, Michigan. He paid the state registration...

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