McGuckin v. West Homestead Borough

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Horace Stern,

This is a proceeding in mandamus for reinstatement of plaintiff, James F. McGuckin, as a member of the police force in the Borough of West Homestead, Allegheny County.

McGuckin was appointed a policeman of the borough sometime prior ito January, 1935, at which latter time he was designated by the borough council as chief of police. He continued to hold that office for a period of approximately ten years. At a meeting of the council in Febru ary, 1945, it was . moved, seconded,, and parried that the office of chief of. police be abolished, for reasons of…