OTTO ET AL. v. CLARK, MAYOR, ET AL.


86 Pa. D. & C. 420 (1953)

Otto et al. v. Clark, Mayor, et al.

Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

July 21, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grover C. Ladner, for plaintiffs.

Abraham L. Freedman, city solicitor, Jerome J. Shestack, first deputy city solicitor and Richard H. Markowitz, assistant city solicitor, for defendants.


LEWIS, P.J., and CARROLL, J., July 21, 1953.

The question for our decision in this case is whether the board of inspectors of the Philadelphia County Prison has become a city office by virtue of the City-County Consolidation Amendment of the Constitution, art. XIV, sec. 8, and is thereby subject to the provisions of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter adopted on April 17, 1951.

In October 1952, plaintiffs, constituting...

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