Witkin v. City of Philadelphia

Glass, J.,

— This is an action in assumpsit by the plaintiff, David Witkin, a police officer of the City of Philadelphia, against the City of Philadelphia, to recover the sum of $540, representing ninety days’ pay, with interest thereon from August 1, 1930; the said pay representing a ninety-days’ fine imposed upon him by the director of public safety of the said city.

*749This case involves the right of the latter to impose such a fine. The case was tried by the writer, sitting without a jury. The uncontradicted testimony and the pleadings disclose the following facts: that the plaintiff entered…