Legal Opinion
In re Wright
New York Supreme Court
Decided July 15, 1882PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtLawrence, J.
On the 7th day of July, 1880, the commissioners of the Central park adopted the following resolution or ordinance:
“ Resolved, That no bicycle or tricycle he allowed in the Central or city parks.”
The petitioners were arrested for a violation of this ordinance, and having been committed for the' non-payment of the fine imposed upon them by the police magistrate, they were brought before me on writs of habeas corpus, and they allege, in substance, in their traverse to the returns to said ■writs, that the ordinance in question is unreasonable and, therefore, void.
By chapter 290 of the Laws of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Cronin v. . People of the State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- City of Brooklyn v. . BreslinNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- New York & Harlem Railroad v. Mayor of New YorkNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1858
- Schanck v. . the Mayor, Etc.New York Court of Appeals · 1877
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- People v. ShellenbergAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909