Beck v. Cox

POEEENBARGER, JUDGE:

Charged with having violated a traffic ordinance oí the city of Morgantown, the plaintiff seeks a writ of prohibition to prevent further prosecution of the proceeding against him, on the ground of alleged invalidity of the ordinance.

The ordinance in question is a measure of regulation of the use of the streets of the city, the enforcement of which incidentally works exclusion of vehicles from one side of the street, namely, the left hand side, when going in any given direction, and requires any person leaving a vehicle standing on any street, to place it on the right hand…