Commonwealth v. Schnabel

Opinion by

Price, J.,

Tie appellant, Cai'l Schnabel, appeals from liis m-viction of harassment.1 We disagree with the Commonwealth’s interpretation of the phrase “course of conduct” and will, therefore, reverse.

*282Appellant owned a large tract of land in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, which he had divided into lots of approximately 5,000 square feet. The lots were rented to people who constructed week-end or summer cottages on them. The complainant, David Jenkins, had rented one of these lots from August, 1961, until September, 1974, at an annual rental of $78. Despite a provision in the lease…