McKinley v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

This appeal is from an Adjudication and Order of the State Board of Funeral Directors (Board), dated March 9, 1973, revoking the funeral director licenses of the five corporate Appellants and Appellant Matlack for violating the Board’s Regulation 16.17 which prohibits a licensed funeral director from having an interest in or being employed by any corporation or person with an interest in a cemetery or memorial park.

The genesis of the Board’s action can be traced to July 14, 1970, when Appellant McKinley entered into an agreement to purchase the assets of a…