Francis v. Neville Township

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Musmanno,

On January 2, 1952, the plaintiff in this case, Cledwyn D. Francis, after 28 years of faithful service in varying capacities to the Township of Neville, retired from his then position of township secretary with the assurance given him by a friendly and not unappreciative group of employers, the township commissioners, that he would receive a pension in the sum of $170 per month so long as he should live. This assurance was conveyed through the passage of Ordinance No. 361.

The succeeding board of commissioners, perhaps not as friendly to the plaintiff as its…