Legal Opinion
In Re Funds in the Possession of Conemaugh Township Supervisors
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 10, 1999PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Judge.
This litigation arises from $20,000 in cash found in a package on a roadside by Cone-maugh Township police during a routine traffic stop in the township on February 15, 1996. The Court of Common Pleas of Somerset County declared the police officer who found the cash, Officer William Richards, to be its owner. The subject of the traffic stop, Michael Shreckengost (Appellant), contends that the court should have determined that he lost the cash and is the rightful owner. This Court must decide whether either Appellant or Officer Richards should be declared the rightful owner of the…
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