Ward v. City of Camden

The opinion of the court was delivered hy

Kilkenny, J. A. D.

This is an appeal by the City of Camden from a final decision of the New Jersey Civil Service Commission, reinstating Urquhart Ward in his position as senior plumbing inspector of the city, with full back pay, and holding "'illegal” section 12.9 of the Camden Administrative Code, which requires each appointive officer and employee of the city to retire "upon attaining seventy years of age.”

Ward was appointed senior plumbing inspector in May 1948 and continued in that position until his services were terminated by written notice…