Thomas v. Connell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 272, Jan. T., 1919, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Lackawanna Co., March T., 1918, No. 360, overruling demurrer to return to writ of alternative mandamus in case of John EL Thomas v. Alex T. Connell, Mayor and Arthur G. Davis, Director of Public Safety and the City of Scranton. Petition for writ of mandamus. The court overruled the demurrer to the return, and entered judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was the order of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Frazer,
In 1914 relator was appointed superintendent of the Police and Fire Alarm System of the City of Scranton *244and acted in that capacity until February 11,1918. The office was in the competitive class of the classified civil service under the provisions of the Act of May 23, 1907, P. L. 208, relating to cities of the second class.
On January 30, 1918, relator visited the office of the mayor of the city for the purpose of obtaining an interview with that official, and, upon being informed the mayor could not see him at that time, the relator referred to the chief…
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