Legal Opinion
Com. Ex Rel. Lisk v. Davis, Mayor
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 6, 1937No. Appeal, 18PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Jambs, J.,
Clyde Lisk, the relator, filed a petition for a mandamus against the mayor, controller and clerk of the City of Scranton to compel the issuance and signing of a warrant for salary alleged to be due him as city fireman for the months of March and April 1934. An answer was filed by the city, a hearing was held and a decree nisi entered in favor of the defendant and against the plaintiff. Exceptions to the decree were dismissed and the decree nisi made absolute, from which decree the relator has appealed.
On February 1, 1930 Lisk applied to the Civil Service Commission of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Haslam v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
- Storm v. City of ScrantonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
- Doverspike v. MageeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
3Cited by6 opinions
- Major v. DeFrenchWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1982
- Matz v. Clairton CitySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
- Civil Service Commission v. WalshCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Edwards v. City of Scranton, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County1947
- Healey v. Jones, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County1942
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