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MITCHELL v. CHESTER HOUSING AUTH

389 Pa. 314 (1957)

Mitchell v. Chester Housing Authority, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 6, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent P. Desmond, for appellant.

Guy G. deFuria, with him J. Robert Twombly and deFuria, Larkin & deFuria, for appellee.

Thomas D. McBride, Attorney General, with him Joseph L. Donnelly, Deputy Attorney General and Charles H. Stone, Legal Assistant, for Commonwealth, amicus curiae.

Before JONES, C.J., CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO, ARNOLD, JONES and COHEN, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE CHIDSEY, June 6, 1957:

This is an action in assumpsit for breach of an employment contract brought by George S. Mitchell, Jr., the former Secretary-Executive Director of the defendant body, against the Chester Housing Authority, a corporation created pursuant to the Housing Authorities Law, Act of May 28, 1937, P.L. 955, 35 PS § 1541 et seq.

The Housing Authority is composed of five members who serve without compensation for five...

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