Laurel Coal Co. v. Walter E. Heller & Co., Inc.

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• secured creditor who cut chain that locked gate to debtor's business premises committed breach of peace
• breach of peace occurred during repossession when creditor, to gain access to collateral, cut chain used to lock a fence enclosing the debtor’s property
• breach of peace occurred during repossession when creditor, to gain access to collateral, cut chain used to lock a fence enclosing the debtor's property
• “[T]he actual breaking of a lock or fastener securing property, even commercial property, constitutes a ‘breach of the peace’ within the meaning of the Pennsylvania statute”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).