Buttorff v. York City
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 289 and 290, Jau. T., 1920, by Clayton R. Anstine, Wilbur O. Bressler and Austin M. Grove, members of council of York City, from judgment of C. P. York Co., April T., 1920, Nos. 88 and 89, for plaintiffs, on demurrer to return to petition for mandamus, in cases of John F. Buttorff v. City of York, Clayton E. Anstine et al., members of council, and E. S. Hugentngler, Mayor, and Prank A. Free v. City of York, Clayton R. Anstine et al., members of council, and E.…
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Appeals, Nos. 289 and 290, Jau. T., 1920, by Clayton R. Anstine, Wilbur O. Bressler and Austin M. Grove, members of council of York City, from judgment of C. P. York Co., April T., 1920, Nos. 88 and 89, for plaintiffs, on demurrer to return to petition for mandamus, in cases of John F. Buttorff v. City of York, Clayton E. Anstine et al., members of council, and E. S. Hugentngler, Mayor, and Prank A. Free v. City of York, Clayton R. Anstine et al., members of council, and E. S. Hugentngler, Mayor. Petition for mandamus. Demurrer to return. Before Wanner, P. J., specially presiding. The opinion…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
These two appeals involve the same questions and will be considered together. York is a city of the third class and plaintiffs are members of its police force. On January 16, 1920, the mayor directed plaintiffs to report to him daily for special duty, and on the following day the chief of police directed them to report for an entirely different and inconsistent duty. They obeyed the mayor; and the chief of police, whose orders they necessarily disregarded, at once presented charges against them to the mayor and council for such insubordination and neglect of…
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