Legal Opinion

People v. Untermyer

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 22, 1912PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal "by the defendant, Irwin Untermyer, from a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in and for the county of New York, entered in the office of the clerk of said court on the 6th day of September, 1912, affirming a judgment of the City Magistrate’s Court of the city of New York convicting the defendant of a violation of chapter 12, section 454, of the Code of Ordinances of the corporation of the city of New York’in relation to the speed of vehicles.

1Opinion of the Court

Clarke, J.:

The appellant was convicted of a violation of section 454 of chapter 12 of the Code of Ordinances of the city of New York, which provides as follows: “ Speed of Vehicles. The following rates of speed through the streets of the City shall not be exceeded, that is: .Eight miles an hour by bicycles, tricycles, velocipedes and motor vehicles, however propelled, or by passenger and other vehicles drawn by horses or other animals, except that in portions of the City not built up, where the buildings are at least 100 feet apart, a speed of fifteen miles an hour may be maintained.”

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2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People Ex Rel. Hainer v. Keeper of the PrisonNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
  2. People ex rel. Hainer v. Keeper of Prison of Seventh District Magistrate's CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Carey v. GuestMontana Supreme Court · 1927
  2. People v. City of BuffaloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916

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