PURCELL v. ALTOONA

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Drew,

Six paid, employes of the Fire Department of Altoona, a city of the third class, instituted these proceedings for a writ of alternative mandamus to compel the officials of that municipality to comply with the provisions of the Civil Service Act of May 31, 1933, P. L. 1108, and the Veterans Preference Act of May 22, 1945, P. L. 837. They further ask that certain rulings of the city officials during the last war be declared contrary to the Civil Service Act of 1933 and so invalid. From a judgment refusing their petition, all six plaintiffs have brought this appeal.

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