Hill v. Alexander

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Patterson,

Appellee, Hill, sued out a writ of alternative mandamus tO' compel the Civil Service Commission of Pittsburgh and I. Hope Alexander, Director of the Department of Public Health of Pittsburgh, to reinstate him as Chief Clerk in the Bureau of Sanitation of the Department of Health.

Having been duly qualified therefor by examination, as provided by the Act of May 23, 1907, P. L. 206, the Civil Service Act relating to cities of the second class, and the rules and regulations of the Civil Service Commission of Pittsburgh, Hill was appointed chief clerk on June 1,…