Department of Transportation v. Williams

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson,

This is an appeal from an Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, dated May 11, 1971, which sustained the appeal of Samuel L. Williams from a suspension of six months imposed by the Secretary of Transportation.

The problem that confronts this Court is the .failure of the lower court to conduct a proper hearing as a result of which it is impossible to decide the issue before us on appeal. More precisely, as a result of an improperly terminated hearing,1 the Commonwealth was not allowed to present testimony or place in evidence the. necessary information…