White v. West Norriton Township

Opinion by

Baldrige, P. J.,

The appeal is from an entry of judgment by the learned court below on the pleadings in an action of assumpsit. The controversy arises over the application of the Act of June 28, 1935, P. L. 477, § 1, as amended and clarified by the Act of May 14, 1937, P. L. 632, § 1, 53 PS § 327, to the facts upon which the case is based.

On February 22, 1943, Howard D. White, the appellant, while engaged in the performance of his duties as a salaried policeman of West Norriton Township, the appellee, sustained an accidental injury,- which. temporarily incapacitated him. He did not…