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COLONIAL TRUST CO. v. ELMER C. BREUER, INC.

363 Pa. 101 (1949)

Colonial Trust Company, Admr., Appellant, v. Elmer C. Breuer, Inc.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 14, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Evans, Jr., with him Evans, Ivory & Evans, for appellant.

Ernest C. Reif, with him Dickie, Robinson & McCamey, for appellee.

Before MAXEY, C.J., DREW, LINN, STERN, PATTERSON, STEARNE and JONES, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE HORACE STERN, November 14, 1949:

This case, as argued, calls for an interpretation of the phrase "assured clear distance ahead" as contained in the statutory mandate that no person shall drive a motor vehicle upon a highway at a greater speed than will permit him to bring it to a stop within such distance.

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