for hire or compensation

for hire or compensation
In reference to a motor vehicle:–a vehicle operated to carry passengers or freight of other persons for a direct charge, not a vehicle used for the delivery of one's own property or products. 7 Am J2d Auto § 74. Transactions in which a company delivering goods to customers outside the city makes a direct charge to them for the cost of transportation are within the contemplation of a statute requiring the licensing or registration of motor vehicles for hire or compensation. Collins-Dietz-Morris Co. v State Corp. Com. 154 Okla 121, 7 P2d 123, 10 ALR 561.

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