Commonwealth v. Moore
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 151, April T., 1918, by petitioners, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1917, No. 1245, sur demurrer to petition for alternative writ of mandamus, in favor of respondent, in the case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ex rel., L, R. Goshorn, David L. Lawrence, J. Scott Morgan and W. L. McCullaugh, Registration Commissioners for the City of Pittsburgh, v. John P. Moore, Controller of Allegheny County. Petition for alternative writ of mandamus.
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Appeal, No. 151, April T., 1918, by petitioners, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1917, No. 1245, sur demurrer to petition for alternative writ of mandamus, in favor of respondent, in the case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ex rel., L, R. Goshorn, David L. Lawrence, J. Scott Morgan and W. L. McCullaugh, Registration Commissioners for the City of Pittsburgh, v. John P. Moore, Controller of Allegheny County. Petition for alternative writ of mandamus. Before Swearingen, J. The petitioners were registration commissioners for the City of Pittsburgh, appointed in June, 1916, by the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
The appellants are registration commissioners of the City of Pittsburgh appointed by the governor July 16, 1916, for a term of four years under the provisions of the Act of 1913, P. L. 977. The act fixed the salary of such officers at $2,000 per year. By an amendment enacted in 1917, P. L. 1108, the salary was increased to $3,000 per annum. The question for consideration is whether the appellants are public officers within the meaning of Section 13 of Article III of the Constitution which prohibits the increase of salaries of public officers during their term of…
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