Radnor Township v. Bell

Citations

• 27 Pa. Super. 1
• 1904 Pa. Super. LEXIS 375

Syllabus

<p>Automobiles — Regulation by ordinance — Townships of the first class — Speed —Acts of April 28, 1899, P. L. 104, and April 23, 1903, P. L. 268.</p> <p>A township of the first class has the power under the Act of April 28,1899, P. L. 104, to enact an ordinance fixing a maximum rate of speed for automobiles and bicycles of ten miles an hour; and this power is not suspended by reason of the Act of April 23, 1903, P. L. 268, which permits to automobiles a maximum speed of twenty miles per hour outside of cities and boroughs.</p> <p>An ordinance of a township of the first class provided as follows: “That on and after May 5, 1902, all automobiles and bicycles shall be propelled upon the public highways of said Radnor Township at a speed not exceeding ten miles an hour.” Held, that the ordinance was not void as being “insensible in form and wording,” or as being unreasonable.</p>