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CRAWFORD v. PHILADELPHIA

405 Pa. 525 (1962)

Crawford, Appellant, v. Philadelphia.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 2, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander F. Barbieri, for appellant.

Levy Anderson, First Deputy City Solicitor, with him Alfeo P. Libetti, Assistant City Solicitor, James L. Stern, Deputy City Solicitor, and David Berger, City Solicitor, for City of Philadelphia, appellees.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, BOK, EAGEN and ALPERN, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, January 2, 1962:

On December 29, 1954, the City Council of Philadelphia enacted an ordinance providing for payment, in $200 monthly installments, of $10,000 to widows or dependent children or parents of firemen and policemen killed in line of duty or in the performance of an "heroic deed which involves a special hazard or risk." (Code of General Ordinances of the City of Philadelphia, § 21-105, pages 770-771).

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