City of Seattle v. Rothweiler

Citations

• 101 Wash. 680
• 172 P. 825
• 1918 Wash. LEXIS 886

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations—Streets—-Speed — Regulation — Statutes—Power oe City. A city has no power by ordinance to limit the rate of speed at crossings within the business district, under Laws 1917, p. 640, § 34, providing that local authorities shall have no power to pass or enforce any ordinance or regulation governing the speed of any motor vehicle except as provided in the act, provided, however, that the act shall not be construed as limiting their power to make rules and regulations governing traffic conditions not in conflict with the act; inasmuch as the act expressly prohibits it, and the proviso, if conflicting, must give way.</p>