Carey v. Altoona

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Stern,

Harry S. Carey contends on this appeal that he was dismissed illegally from his position as chief of police of the City of Altoona. The writ of alternative mandamus which he obtained in order to secure reinstatement was quashed by the court below.

Carey became a member of the police force as a patrolman in 1924, in the same year he was promoted to the rank of sergeant, in 1926 he became a lieutenant, in 1931 a captain, and on December 31,1937, chief of police. By an ordinance of the city council passed in 1931 it was provided that the bureau of police should be…