Guthrie v. Borough of Wilkinsburg

Opinion by

President Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

Guthrie appeals an order of the Allegheny County Common Pleas Court which dismissed his complaint in mandamus. He sought to enforce against the Borough of Wilkinsburg (Borough) an arbitration award under Act 111.1 We affirm.

The arbitration award granted in 1978 listed different salaries for certain ranks of officers including “detective” and “detective lieutenant.” Although some of the Borough’s officials by various actions treated the officers as detectives, no such rank had been created by ordinance nor had any of the individuals been appointed to…