Callahan v. Philadelphia

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Schaffer,

May 22, 1933:

Plaintiff was a police officer of the City of Philadelphia. After a hearing before the Civil Service Commission, the body fixed with the duty of hearing charges against policemen, he was found guilty of neglect of duty and on February 28, 1930, discharged from the service of the city. His discharge was duly certified by the Commission to the Director of Public Safety, who issued the formal order for his removal. Subsequently, in August of that year, plaintiff presented a petition to the Commission, in which he set forth that he had been discharged…