CITY OF JACKSON v. LEE

No. 46308.

252 So.2d 897 (1971)

CITY OF JACKSON et al. v. Walter Riley LEE, Jr.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 4, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Stone, Val Surgis, W.T. Neely, E. Dale Ingels, III, Jackson, for appellants.

Harry L. Kelley, Jackson, for appellee.


ROBERTSON, Justice:

Appellee, Walter Riley Lee, Jr., secured a writ of prohibition from the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, prohibiting the City of Jackson, Mississippi, from enforcing a municipal ordinance, which provided that:

"It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or ride upon any two-wheeled self-propelled vehicle upon any public street or highway within the City of Jackson, Mississippi without wearing a crash helmet...

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