GALLAGHER v. SPRING. TWP. BD. OF COM.


438 Pa. 280 (1970)

Gallagher, Appellant, v. Springfield Township Board of Commissioners.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 22, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. Mylotte and Stephen J. McEwen, Jr., with them McEwen & McEwen, for appellant.

Howard Saul Marcu, for appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS and POMEROY, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE POMEROY, April 22, 1970:

Appellant John F. Gallagher sought a writ of mandamus to compel appellees, the Springfield Township Board of Commissioners, to permit him to serve in the position of Township patrolman to which he had been allegedly appointed. From the order entered below refusing to grant the writ, he brought the instant appeal.

The facts of this case, as found by the court below, are as follows: In February, 1966, appellant...

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