Hexter v. Haverford Township

Opinion by

Dithrich, J.,

John A. Hexter, appellant, a member of the police force of Haverford Township, brought this action in assumpsit in the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County to recover the amount of salary withheld from him as the result of an alleged unlawful thirty-day suspension.

Defendant filed preliminary objections which consisted of a motion to strike off the complaint and a demurrer. The demurrer was sustained by the court below in an opinion by Bretherick, J., wherein he stated: “We concur in the statement contained in defendant’s demurrer that ‘the facts set forth in the…