MORTIMER v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

No. 1748.

14 Pa. D. & C. 2d 376 (1957)

Mortimer v. City of Philadelphia

Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

August 23, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sara Duffy, for plaintiff.

Abraham Wernick, Leonard L. Ettinger, and James L. Stern, Deputy City Solicitors; Isador Kranzel, Assistant City Solicitor, and David Berger, City Solicitor, for defendant.


LEWIS, P. J., and SPORKIN, J., August 23, 1957.

This matter comes before us on defendants' motion for judgment on the pleadings. Plaintiff filed a suit in equity to compel the police commissioner of the City of Philadelphia to appoint him to the rank of captain in the police department. The city, the personnel director and the civil service commission were also named party defendants.

On May 21, 1957, defendants moved for judgment on the pleadings on the grounds...

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