Legal Opinion

Bureau of Highway Safety v. Wright

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 30, 1946No. Appeal, 59PublishedCited by 53 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

Kenneth Wright, the appellee, while driving his passenger automobile on a twodane paved public highway in Erie County between five and five thirty o’clock in the afternoon of March 3, 1945, attempted to pass a bus, travelling in the same direction, at a place where the highway curved sharply to the right facing in the direction of the travel indicated. The speed of the bus Avas from forty to forty-five miles per hour. It was still daylight; the weather clear; and visibility good. The testimony as to the condition of the road was conflicting, but Wright testified…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. FunkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  2. Commonwealth v. CroninSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  3. Handwerk Automobile License CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
  4. Commonwealth v. IrwinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
  5. Hardwick Automobile License CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943

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3Cited by53 opinions

  1. Com., Dept. of Transp. v. O'CONNELLSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  2. Kaufman Construction Co. v. HolcombSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
  3. Virnelson Motor Vehicle Operator License CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
  4. Commonwealth v. DanforthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  5. Commonwealth v. HaltemanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1960

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