{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-65-19-101","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-19-101","heading":"Common carrier - Business declared a privilege","body":"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.","path":["TN Code","Title 65","Chapter 19"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"7e04a09d8bfd90367b1d4f9f83a15de44922a986bb0c3b8ffb56cebb332f506c","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-65-18-108","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-65-19-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}