Kurtz v. Pittsburgh

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Maxey,

In this case 1 the constitutionality of the Act of June 7, 1917, P. L. 600, as amended by the Acts of June 25, 1941, P. L. 207, and of April 21, 1942, P. L. 50, and May 6, 1942, P. L. 101, is challenged. This act provides that the dependent wives and children of regular employees of the state and political subdivision when such employees shall enter the armed forces of the United States shall be paid during the absence of such employees in such service, one half the employee’s salary, such payment not to exceed $2000 per year and that the dependent parents of…