Upper Moreland Township v. Ivymor Contractors, Inc.

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

The appellants in these consolidated cases, Ivymor Contractors, Inc. and Frank Rageis, have appealed from final adjudications by the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, in appeals from summary convictions, of their guilt of violating an ordinance of Upper Moreland Township.

The ordinance in question renders unlawful the parking of any truck or commercial vehicle “over %th ton in size” on designated public streets. The phrase “over 3/4th ton in size” was accepted by the appellants as meaning a vehicle capable of carrying a load weighing three-fourths of a ton.

The…