Commonwealth v. McLaughlin

Opinion by

Arnold, J.,

Defendants severally appeal from summary convictions for violation of a building ordinance of Upper Darby Township, Delaware County. The cases will be disposed of in one opinion.

The ordinance in question, as amended in 1948, requires that all dwellings have a minimum of 384 square feet of space on the first floor. “House trailer” is defined as “Any vehicle [used] for living or sleeping purposes.” If so used “for . . . more than thirty (30) days in any . . . year [it would] be considered as a single-family dwelling ...”

Defendants’ house trailers were used for living and…