Kershenstein v. Johnstown

Per Curiam,

John Kershenstein appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Cambria County dismissing his petition for and quashing a writ of alternative mandamus, directed to the mayor and members of council of the City of Johnstown, a third-class city, requiring his reinstatement as a police officer of that municipality. The petition alleges that charges of “immoral conduct or conduct unbecoming an officer, and likely to bring reproach upon the force” were made against petitioner in a communication addressed to the mayor by the chief of police of defendant city, and that a copy of…