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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 281.040 (2026)

Repealed, 1950

✓ current as of May 2026
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Catchline at repeal: Common carrier must obtain certificate; carrier of passengers between city and surrounding territory may obtain certificate. History: Repealed 1950 Ky. Acts ch. 63, sec. 57, effective June 15, 1950. -- Amended 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 185, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 2739j-42, 2739j-45, 2739j-94.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1943–1951 · leading case: City of Louisville v. Louisville Taxicab & Transfer Co., 238 S.W.2d 121 (Ky. Ct. App. 1951).
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City of Louisville v. Louisville Taxicab & Transfer Co., 238 S.W.2d 121 (Ky. Ct. App. 1951). · cites it 4× ““(2) ‘City bus’ means any motor vehicle used for the transportation of persons for hire exclusively within the limits of a city or within ten miles of its limits, over a regular route.”
Louisville & N. R. Co. v. Blanton, 200 S.W.2d 133 (Ky. Ct. App. 1947). “010(3) defines “common carrier” to be “any operator of a motor vehicle for hire in common carriage other than the operator of a taxicab or city bus, except that the operator of a city bus who obtains a certificate under subsection (2) of KRS 281.040 shall thereupon become a…”
Short Way Lines, Inc. v. Black, 182 S.W.2d 17 (Ky. Ct. App. 1944). “From this expression it is argued that the granting of the certificate to Black was for convenience only and there was no necessity for it, therefore the Director had no authority to grant the certificate since KRS 281.040 provides both public necessity and convenience must be…”
Brumleve v. Gordon, 220 S.W.2d 863 (Ky. Ct. App. 1949). · cites it 2× “010 deals with the definitions of terms as used therein; and subsections (3), (4) and (11) thereof, which apply to this case, read: “(3) ‘Common carrier’ means any operator of a motor vehicle for hire in common carriage other than the operator of a taxicab or city bus, except…”
City of Russell v. Fannin, 176 S.W.2d 384 (Ky. Ct. App. 1943). · cites it 2× “Section 281.040 KRS. Counsel places some slight reliance on Furste v.”
Wolf v. Cumberland Coach Corp., 181 S.W.2d 51 (Ky. Ct. App. 1944). “Black Bus Line, supra, that a reading of the concluding paragraph of that opinion will suffice to inform the reader of the character of the transgressions of which the appellants in the case at Bar were guilty. Appellants’ contention that so much of the Motor Carriers Act as…”
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