County of Schuylkill v. Maurer

Opinion by

Judge Doyle,

The County of Schuylkill (County) has taken an interlocutory appeal by permission from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County, which denied the County’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, or in the alternative, for summary judgment. We affirm.

Frederick Hobbs was the County solicitor from 1977 through 1983, and he was also allowed by the County to maintain a private law practice on the side. Hobbs was not supplied with office space by the County. Consequently, he performed his duties as County solicitor from his private law office on the second…