Ruch v. Wilhelm

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Horace Stern,

Appellant, William J. Ruch, having been summarily dismissed by the Commissioner of the Pennsylvania Motor Police 1 from membership in that body, now seeks reinstatement and reimbursement on the ground that the Commissioner had no legal right to discharge him except upon presentation and conviction of charges in court-martial or similar proceedings.

Euch enlisted as a private in the Pennsylvania State Police in 1920, resigned shortly thereafter, enlisted in 1924 as a member of the State Highway Patrol, and, by successive re-enlistments, served in the Patrol…