Legal Opinion

City of Bellingham v. Cissna

Washington Supreme Court

Decided November 14, 1906No. 6417PublishedCited by 22 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for What-com county, Neterer, J., entered June 26, 1906, after a trial and conviction of the violation of a municipal ordinance regulating the speed of automobiles.

1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.

In August, 1904, the city of Bellingham enacted ordinance No. 50, § 2 of which made it unlawful for any person to ride or drive an automobile on its public streets at a greater rate of speed than six miles per hour. On May 5,1906, a complaint was filed before H. B. Williams, police judge of Bellingham, charging that the defendant, Ray Cissna, did, on May 4, 1906, ride and drive an automobile on Holly street, in the city of Bellingham, at a greater rate of speed than six miles per hour. On trial before the police judge, and also on a second trial after appeal in the superior court, the…

2Cited by22 opinions

  1. Lenci v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1964
  2. In Re HoffmanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1909
  3. City of Bellingham v. SchamperaWashington Supreme Court · 1960
  4. Ray v. DenverSupreme Court of Colorado · 1942
  5. Allen v. City of BellinghamWashington Supreme Court · 1917

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