MORTIMER v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

No. 1748.

20 Pa. D. & C. 2d 203 (1959)

Mortimer v. City of Philadelphia (No. 2)

Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

November 5, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sara Duffy, for plaintiff.

David Berger, City Solicitor, and James L. Stern, Deputy City Solicitor, and Isador Kranzel, Assistant City Solicitor, for defendant.


SPORKIN, J., November 5, 1959.

Plaintiff filed this action in equity to compel his retroactive appointment as captain in the Philadelphia Police Department and for relief incidental thereto.

This suit is grounded principally upon allegations that defendants improperly and arbitrarily established plaintiff's grade in a civil service examination for promotion to the rank of police captain. Plaintiff charges that his final grade was calculated erroneously and...

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