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PHILA. CIVIL SERVICE COM. v. WILSON

373 Pa. 583 (1953)

Philadelphia Civil Service Commission v. Wilson, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 25, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon Rosenfield, with him John Patrick Walsh and Walsh, Tubis & Dunn, for appellant.

Abraham L. Freedman, City Solicitor, with him Richard H. Markowitz, Assistant City Solicitor and Robert M. Landis, First Deputy City Solicitor, for appellee.

Gilbert Stein, with him Joseph E. Gold, for interested parties, under Rule 46.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY and ARNOLD, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HORACE STERN, May 25, 1953:

Appellant, James R. Wilson, was a detective in the Police Department of the City of Philadelphia. In the early morning of January 5, 1952, he was off duty and in plain clothes driving his own automobile behind a truck that was collecting garbage along the street. He followed it for several blocks, blowing his horn in order to pass it, but he was unable to do so because of its maneuvering. When it came to a stop...

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