Martz v. Deitrick

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

This appeal is from a judgment in mandamus ordering and directing the defendants as members of the salary board of Northumberland County (a county of the fifth class) to take certain specific action with reference to the number of clerks to be employed by the treasurer of the county. The material facts are not in dispute.

The plaintiff, Martz, as county treasurer, and the three defendants, Deitrick, Shroyer and Perles, as county commissioners, took office for the first time on January 7, 1952. The j'emaining defendant, Gibson, was then, and for fourteen years had…