Warren Borough v. Willey

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn,

The plaintiff borough applied for a declaratory judgment determining whether or not the Civil Service Act of June 1, 1945, P. L. 1232, 53 PS 355.1, applied to a fireman employed by the borough before the Act was passed: compare Bragdon v. Ries, 346 Pa. 10,29 A. 2d 40. The defendant had been a member of the borough’s Fire Department when, on February 5, 1945, the borough council elected him to be Second Fire Captain for one year. He served in that position until February 5,1946, when he was demoted without reference to the Civil Service Act 1 passed during the year…