Legal Opinion
Bertera's Hopewell Foodland, Inc. v. Masters
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 28, 1967No. Appeal, 258PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Musmanno,
The plaintiff, Bertera’s Hopewell Foodland, Inc., owns a supermarket in Hopewell Township, Beaver County, which, at the beginning of this litigation, employed 60 persons, 40 of whom worked in the establishment on Sundays. The District Attorney of Beaver County, Robert J. Masters, informed Bertera’s Food-*23land that if it continued to operate on Sunday, he would prosecute under the “Sunday Closing Laws” of June 24, 1939, P. L. 872, §699.15, amended September 27, 1961, P. L. 1695, §1, 18 P.S. §4699.15, which prohibits, with certain exceptions, the sale on Sunday of…
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