People ex rel. Cavanagh v. Waldo
New York Supreme Court
Proceeding for the discharge of relator on a writ of habeas corpus.
1Opinion of the CourtKapper, J.
The practice of controlling and regulating traffic in the public streets and places of large cities has become the accepted fact. It found its inception in the problem of facilitating the progress of two moving vehicles, which the law of physics told us at our earliest understanding could not occupy the same spot at the same time. This control and regulation has taken various forms, sometimes according to the discretion of the administrative officers seeking to subserve the public interests, but always in pursuance of legislative authority. In the public interest it has also been found…
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