Kaplan v. Smith

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

Louis L. Kaplan (Kaplan), Secretary of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board, has filed a petition for review in the nature of an action in mandamus seeking to compel a salary increase to which he is allegedly entitled under Section 441 of The Adminis*97trative Code of 1929 (Code), Act of April 9, 1929, P.L. 177, as amended, 71 P.S. §151. The named respondents, Pañi J. Smith (Smith), Secretary of Labor and Industry, and James Wade (Wade), Secretary of Administration, have filed preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer which are presently before us for…