Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Vink

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 16, 1960No. Appeal, No. 20PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Wright, J.,

This case arises as the result of an information made before a justice of the peace by an officer of the Pennsylvania State Police charging that John M. Vink unlawfully operated a tractor-trailer upon the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Metal Township, Franklin County, in violation of Section 1001 of The Vehicle Code,1 which proscribes reckless driving, in that Vink “did then and there push another truck-tractor and semitrailer on the main travelable portion of the highway”. Vink waived a hearing before the justice of the peace, and posted cash bail for his appearance before the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WrightSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  2. Commonwealth v. ForreySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  3. Commonwealth v. StephensSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
  4. Commonwealth v. EvelynSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  5. Commonwealth v. FisherSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1959

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Commonwealth ex rel. Jones v. HendrickSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
  2. Commonwealth v. ColyerLycoming County Court of Quarter Sessions · 1962
  3. Commonwealth v. GenskoMercer County Court of Quarter Sessions · 1968
  4. Hartman License, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Carbon County1963

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