Tennessee Statutes
§ 65-19-101 — Common carrier - Business declared a privilege
Tennessee § 65-19-101
JurisdictionTennessee
Title65
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-19-101 (2026).
Text
Any person operating for hire any public conveyance propelled by steam, gasoline, electricity, or other motive power, for the purpose of affording a means of street transportation similar to that ordinarily afforded by street railways (but not operated upon fixed tracks) by indiscriminately accepting and discharging such persons as may offer themselves for transportation along the course of operation, is declared to be a common carrier, and the business of all such common carriers is declared to be a privilege.
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Legislative History
Acts 1915, ch. 60, § 1; Shan., § 3079a199; mod. Code 1932, § 5533; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 65-1901.
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Report to general assembly§ 65-1-112
Copies of records§ 65-1-113
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Bluebook (online)
Tennessee § 65-19-101, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/65-19-101.