COMMONWEALTH v. MUTH


397 Pa. 106 (1959)

Commonwealth v. Muth, Appellant. Commonwealth v. Weik, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

July 24, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Beyer, with him Arnold, Bricker, Beyer & Barnes, for appellant.

Richard M. Martin, Assistant District Attorney, with him William C. Storb, District Attorney, for appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, BOK and McBRIDE, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE McBRIDE, July 24, 1959:

While a Pennsylvania State Trooper was patrolling U.S. Route No. 222 about one mile north of Quarryville in the Township of Providence, Lancaster County, a truck operated by defendant Weik passed him in the opposite direction and spilled part of a load of stone on the patrol car. The trooper, noticing that the truckload was unusually high, turned his car around and pursued it. A little more than a mile thereafter he halted...

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