(Download) "City of Chicago v. Vokes" by Supreme Court of Illinois ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: City of Chicago v. Vokes
- Author : Supreme Court of Illinois
- Release Date : January 27, 1963
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
Description
By separate complaints filed in the municipal court of Chicago, Robert G. Vokes, Ben D. Harmon, Allan M. Hoffman, Edward Piotter, Robert H. Moroz, and Ralph A. Olmos, all taxi drivers, were charged with transporting passengers for hire without a proper license in violation of section 28-3 of Chicago's municipal code, and upon hearing each was adjudged guilty and fined the sum of $60. A constitutional question being involved, the defendants have appealed directly to this court for review. The facts in each case are virtually identical. The defendants were employed by either the Evanston Cab Company or the Skokie Red Top Cab Company, both being corporations maintaining a common radio dispatch office in Evanston. The taxicabs involved were licensed by either Evanston or Skokie, were regularly inspected for safety by the city of Evanston, and were insured against public liability. In each case a telephone call was received in the Evanston dispatch office requesting a taxi at a Chicago address. The driver picked up the passenger as requested, transported him to another location in Chicago, received his fare, and was then arrested by a Chicago police officer.