Doverspike v. Magee
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 103, April T., 1912, by defendant, from order of C. P. No. 4, Allegheny Co., March T., 1911, No. 270, awarding mandamus in case of William C. Doverspike v. William A. Magee, Mayor, and Eustace S. Morrow, Controller of the City of Pitts-burg. Petition for mandamus. Before Carnahan, J. The court below found the facts to be as follows; The petitioner was a patrolman of the city of Pittsburg, being an employee of the city in the bureau of police.
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Appeal, No. 103, April T., 1912, by defendant, from order of C. P. No. 4, Allegheny Co., March T., 1911, No. 270, awarding mandamus in case of William C. Doverspike v. William A. Magee, Mayor, and Eustace S. Morrow, Controller of the City of Pitts-burg. Petition for mandamus. Before Carnahan, J. The court below found the facts to be as follows; The petitioner was a patrolman of the city of Pittsburg, being an employee of the city in the bureau of police. On October 14,1907, being in such employ, he was summoned before the trial board, under the Act of March 7, 1901, P. L. 20, to answer…
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Head, J.,
The Act of May 23, 1907, P. L. 206, is in pari materia with the Act of March 5, 1906, P. L. 83, the former applying to cities of the second class, the latter to cities of the first class. We may therefore with propriety apply to the later act the language of Mr. Justice Mestrezat in Truitt v. Philadelphia, 221 Pa. 331, where the earlier civil service act was under consideration, viz.: “The act was manifestly intended to make full provision for the appointment and discharge of officers and employees in the civil service of the city, and to definitely prescribe the manner of…
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