Speck v. Borough of Fairview

This is an attempt to review by certiorari the action of the borough council in appointing the respondent Moseley to the police force as patrolman at a stated salary. The status of the prosecutor does not appear in any of the papers before me,' but I take it for granted that he is a citizen and taxpayer; it is not challenged in any way.

*411At the argument I intimated to counsel the view that certiorari would not lie in a case of this kind, and examination of the authorities confirms that view.

If a member of the police force is a public officer, his status as such cannot be attacked by certiorari,…