Donahue v. Philadelphia

Opinion by

Reno, J.,

This is assumpsit by a police officer against the City of Philadelphia to recover $550 salary. The trial judge, sitting without a jury, found for defendant, and plaintiff appealed from the refusal to enter judgment n. o. v. or to grant a new trial.

During December, 1928, the Director of Public Safety preferred charges against appellant which were referred to the Civil Service Commission. Appellant plead guilty but nevertheless the commission exonerated him. Thereafter the director, acting upon a suggestion made by one of the commissioners during the hearing that the case…