Naef v. Allentown

Opinion by

Me. Justice Eagen,

The question posed by these appeals is, whether or not the city solicitor and assistant city solicitors of a third class city in Pennsylvania may be removed from office and deprived of the emoluments thereof at the pleasure of the city council, and, without cause shown, at any time prior to the expiration of the four-year terms for which the appointments were made.1 The lower court answered the question in the affirmative. We agree and affirm.

Article VI, §4 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania provides in part: “Appointed officers, other than judges of the courts of…