Mortimer v. City of Philadelphia

SPORKIN, J.,

— Plaintiff filed this action in equity to compel his retroactive appointment as captain in the Philadelphia Police Department and for relief incidental thereto.

This suit is grounded principally upon allegations that defendants improperly and arbitrarily established plaintiff’s grade in a civil service examination for promotion to the rank of police captain. Plaintiff charges that his final grade was calculated erroneously and contrary to law, and also that various city officials have discriminated against him and have, by fraudulent conduct and otherwise, misled him.

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