Legal Opinion

Vega v. BURGETTSTOWN BOROUGH.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 25, 1958No. Appeal, 134PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Benjamin R. Jones,

This is an appeal from the action of'the court below granting to appellee, the Borough of Burgettstown, the right to setoff against appellant’s salary an amount earned by him in a private capacity during the • period- of his improper dismissal from his position as appellee’s chief of police.

The present controversy arises from appellant’s dismissal as chief of police by the Borough Council on February 6, 1954. On appeal, the court below imposed a suspension for a period of sixty days without pay from the date of the purported dismissal, but reinstated…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BlackSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
  2. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Foreman v. HampsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  3. Coble v. Metal Township School DistrictSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
  4. Alworth v. County of LackawannaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
  5. Vega AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Stilp v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  2. Smethport Area School District v. BowersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
  3. Naef v. AllentownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  4. Reed v. SloanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  5. SNYDERWINE v. CraleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969

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