1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Pa.
  4. 380 Pa.
  5. 380 Pa. 520 (1955)
 

MORTIMER v. PHILA. CIVIL SERV. COM.

380 Pa. 520 (1955)

Mortimer, Appellant, v. Philadelphia Civil Service Commission.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 14, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles S. Schermer, with him Lemuel B. Schofield and Marvin Comisky, for appellant.

Murray L. Schwartz, Deputy City Solicitor, with him Harvey Levin, Deputy City Solicitor, Jerome J. Shestack, First Deputy City Solicitor, and Abraham L. Freedman, City Solicitor, for appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE JONES, March 14, 1955:

At a special election, held April 17, 1951, in pursuance of authority conferred by the First Class City Home Rule Act of 1949, P.L. 665, 53 PS § 3421.1 et seq., the electors of Philadelphia voted their approval of a Home Rule Charter for the City. According to the Charter's terms, its effective date for the most part was fixed as January 7, 1952. The narrow question raised...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases