Dewey v. Luzerne County
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 164, March T., 1920, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne County, Oct. T., 1918, No. 560, for defendant on case stated in suit of James A. Dewey v. Luzerne Co. Case stated to determine if plaintiff was entitled to the increase of salary authorized by the Act of June 8, 1915, P. L. 915. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 164, March T., 1920, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne County, Oct. T., 1918, No. 560, for defendant on case stated in suit of James A. Dewey v. Luzerne Co. Case stated to determine if plaintiff was entitled to the increase of salary authorized by the Act of June 8, 1915, P. L. 915. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court below directed judgment in favor of defendant in the following opinion: This case involves the simple question of law, whether the chief deputy sheriff, deputy recorder, deputy treasurer, deputy controller, and chief clerk…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The appellant was chief deputy sheriff of Luzerne County, appointed prior to June 8, 1915, and continued to serve as such until the first Monday of January, 1916. The salary of the chief deputy sheriff at the time appellant was appointed was $165 per month, and he was paid salary at that rate during his entire period of service. The Act of June 8, 1915, P. L. 915, fixed the salaries of chief deputy sheriffs, in counties of more than two hundred and fifty thousand and less than four hundred thousand, at $2,500 per annum, payable in monthly installments. The appellant…
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