Davies v. City of Pittsburgh
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 183, Oct. T., 1915, by plaintiff, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., July T., 1914, No. 2361, on verdict for defendant non obstante veredicto in case of David D. Davies v.' City of Pittsburgh, Joseph G-. Armstrong, Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh; Robert Swan, Director of the Department of Public Works, and Homer E. Leslie, P. H. Frederick and Joseph F. Joyce, Civil Service Commissioners of the City of Pittsburgh.
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Appeal, No. 183, Oct. T., 1915, by plaintiff, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., July T., 1914, No. 2361, on verdict for defendant non obstante veredicto in case of David D. Davies v.' City of Pittsburgh, Joseph G-. Armstrong, Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh; Robert Swan, Director of the Department of Public Works, and Homer E. Leslie, P. H. Frederick and Joseph F. Joyce, Civil Service Commissioners of the City of Pittsburgh. Petition for writ of alternative mandamus to reinstate plaintiff as chief clerk of the department of public works of the City of Pittsburgh, Before Shafer, J. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Frazer,
This was a petition for mandamus against the City of Pittsburgh, the mayor, the director of the Department of Public Works and the Civil Service Commissioners of that city, to compel them to reinstate plaintiff as chief clerk in the office of the Department of Public Works. An alternative writ of mandamus was issued, defendants filed an answer which was traversed by plaintiff and on the trial of the issue thus presented, after documentary and oral evidence was offered, the court directed the jury to return a verdict for plaintiff and refused a request on part of…
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