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JOHNSON V. MARYLAND, 254 U. S. 51 (1920)

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Johnson v. Maryland, 254 U.S. 51 (1920)

Johnson v. Maryland

No. 289

Argued October 18, 1920

Decided November 8, 1920

254 U.S. 51

Syllabus

A law of a state penalizing those who operate motor trucks on highways without having obtained license based on examination of competency and payment of a fee cannot constitutionally apply to an employee of the Post Office Department while engaged in driving a government motor truck over a post road in the performance of his official duty. P. 254 U. S. 55.

Reversed.

This was a prosecution based on § 143 of Art. 56 of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, as amended by c. 85, Acts of 1918. The opinion states the case. chanrobles.com-red

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