Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Etzel

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 14, 1952No. Appeal, 72PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

The defendant, while operating his automobile on a highway in Butler County, met with an accident which resulted in fatal injury to his passenger. After a citation and hearing, as provided by Section 615 (b) 4 of The Vehicle Code of 1929, P. L. 905, as amended, 75 PS §192 (b) 4, the Secretary of Revenue suspended the defendant’s operator’s license for a period of three months. The defendant appealed the order of suspension to the court below (Common Pleas of Butler County) which entered upon a hearing of the matter as required by Section 616 of The Vehicle Code, as…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Bureau of Highway Safety v. WrightSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
  2. Commonwealth v. ColeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
  3. Commonwealth v. GarmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  4. Commonwealth v. HerzogSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  5. Baker v. IrishSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Bowling v. Office of Open RecordsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
  2. Commonwealth v. McCartneyCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  3. Commonwealth v. VernaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  4. Carnegie v. Department of Public SafetySupreme Court of Florida · 1952
  5. Commonwealth v. CritchfieldCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1973

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