Ellenbogen v. Larsen

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson,

On January 7, 1974, appellee, a duly elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, filed a complaint in mandamus against appellants to compel them “to facilitate and implement the hiring and compensating” of an individual appellee appointed as his tipstaff. The appellants had previously facilitated and implemented the hiring and compensating of two individuals appellee had named as his law clerk and his legal secretary. On the same day, the appellee presented the court below with a motion for summary1 judgment under Pa. R. C. P. No. 1098. This was…