Legal Opinion
DeVito v. Civil Service Commission
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 26, 1961No. Appeals, 115 and 116PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Bell,
The present appellees — DeVito and Stape — were police officers in the City of Philadelphia. On the night of August 21, 1958, DeVito was assigned to investigate the premises of the Foland Furniture Company where a door had been found ajar by the night watchman. He proceeded to the building in a police car and shortly after his arrival there was joined by Stape. DeVito, Stape and the night watchman then entered the building together. Finding nothing of a suspicious nature other than the open door DeVito thereupon entered the office of the furniture company and…
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3Cited by78 opinions
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