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Show oo TEST SUIT FILED IN WASHINGTON Washington. Mar 11 Whether a motorcyclist can carry out his desire de-sire to ride his wife around the streets of the national capital on his machine is a question to be tested by a suit filed today. The suit is an appeal ap-peal from a decision of the district supreme court which held that Frank J. Ruppert could not compel the Issuance Is-suance of a license necessary to carry car-ry a female passenger. Ruppert had been granted a permit to cam a passenger but it was con- ' fined to males, lie was stopped when he sought to ride his wife around and prompth sought a mandamus manda-mus to compel Superintendent of Police Po-lice Sylvester to broaden the scope of the license so as to Include women wom-en passengers. The court. after hearing the evidence, ordered the bill dismissed. The appeal was then noted. |