Schwarz v. Philadelphia

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Stebn,

Schwarz v. City of Philadelphia

The Superior Court in this case (134 Pa. Superior Ct. 544) reversed the .Court of Common Pleas, where the trial judge, sitting without a jury, had rendered a decision in favor of defendant. We find ourselves at variance with the view taken by the Superior Court, not by reason of any disagreement as to legal principles, but because of a difference in appraisal of the facts.

During the depression period the Council of the City of Philadelphia passed two ordinances, one on December 31, 1931, providing that the salaries and wages, of all…