Commonwealth v. Mills

HESTER, Judge:

This appeal is from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Clarion County holding that appellee, George Richard Mills, could not be penalized under 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4945(b) for operating his tractor trailer combination at a gross weight in violation of 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4943(b). In support of its order, the lower court held that the application of § 4945(b) to this particular weight violation abridged equal protection of the law. Although not for the reasons relied upon by the lower court, we affirm.

Appellee is a truck driver employed by Butler Trucking Company of Woodland,…