Detoro v. Pittston

Stadtfeld, J.,

Opinion by

This is.a mandamus proceeding instituted by Albert Detoro to compel defendants, the City of Pittston, and members of the city council, to reinstate him as a policeman, on the ground that he was entitled to the protection of the civil service laws governing his appointment and dismissal. Plaintiff had been appointed to the position of policeman on February 11, 1936 and was dismissed by city council on April 19, 1938, without presentation of any charge and without a hearing.

Plaintiff’s amended petition alleged that he had been appointed a patrolman by the city council of…