Legal Opinion

People v. Smith

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided March 30, 1909No. Docket No. 153PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Error to recorder’s court of Detroit; Phelan, J. Henry G. Smith was convicted of using and operating a motor cycle in violation of Act No. 196, Pub. Acts 1905.

1Opinion of the CourtMcAlvay, J.

Respondent was tried and convicted before the police court of the city of Detroit for using and operating, upon the public highways of said city, a motor vehicle, to wit, a motor cycle, without displaying thereon a registration seal, and on the rear thereof a number, as provided by Act No. 196, Pub. Acts 1905. He appealed from such conviction to the recorder’s court of the city of Detroit, where, upon a jury trial, he was convicted. From this conviction he has brought the case to this court upon a writ of error.

It is urged that the court erred in holding that a motor cycle was, within the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Myers v. HindsMichigan Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Murfin v. Detroit & Erin Plank-Road Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1897

3Cited by8 opinions

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  3. Salo v. North American Accident InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
  4. Life Casualty Ins. Co. of Tennessee v. KingAlabama Court of Appeals · 1953
  5. Great Lakes Motorcycle Dealers Ass'n, Inc. v. DetroitMichigan Court of Appeals · 1972

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