Pennsylvania State Police v. Bradley & American Plan Corp.

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County which required the Pennsylvania State Police to return within thirty days a 1969 Porsche Targa which had been seized from the appellee, Peter Bradley, under authority of Section 303 of The Vehicle Code, Act of April 29, 1959, P. L. 58, as amended, 75 P.S. §303.

Bradley filed with the lower court a petition for the return of the Porsche alleging that the car had been seized and withheld by the State Police without any “formal reasons” given therefor. At a subsequent hearing on the matter,…