Legal Opinion
Simmler v. Philadelphia
Court of Judicial Discipline of Pennsylvania
Decided November 23, 1937No. Appeal, 272PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stern,
Plaintiff, William Simmler, prayed the court below for a writ of alternative mandamus directed to the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety of the City of Philadelphia to show cause why they should not reinstate him in the position of deputy chief engineer of the Bureau of Fire. Defendants filed a return, to which plaintiff demurred. The court overruled the demurrer. Plaintiff appeals.
Simmler served in the Bureau of Fire for over thirty years. He was appointed as a hoseman in 1905, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in 1912, to a captaincy…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Kennedy v. Board of EducationCalifornia Supreme Court · 1890
- Souder v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
- Lotts v. Board of Park CommissionersCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1936
- People Ex Rel. Callahan v. Board of EducationNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- McCoach v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Smith v. Darby School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
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- Rossiter v. Whitpain TownshipSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
- Zeloyle v. BettorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
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