Commonwealth v. Amecca

Opinion by

Arnold, J.,

The defendant was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for unlawfully causing the death of Joseph Nemith, and after sentence appealed. New of the facts Avere in dispute. The defendant, accompanied by his wife, was driving an automobile northerly on Keyser Avenue, a state highway which passes through Taylor borough. Keyser Avenue had a macadam surface eighteen feet in width with a six foot dirt berm on each side. In Taylor borough an upheaval of the road had occurred on the eastern side, and it had been dug out and filled. The filling at the highest point was some six…