BOROUGH OF CANONSBURG v. FLOOD

No. 1115 C.D. 1977.

36 Pa.Commw. 81 (1978)

Borough of Canonsburg, Appellant v. William A. Flood, Appellee.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

June 13, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger J. Ecker, with him Peacock, Keller, Yohe, Day & Ecker, for appellant.

Stanford A. Segal, with him Gatz, Cohen, Segal & Koerner, for appellee.

Argued May 5, 1978, before Judges CRUMLISH, JR., WILKINSON, JR. and BLATT, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE WILKINSON, JR., June 13, 1978:

The issue presented in this appeal is whether the Washington County Court of Common Pleas erred in sustaining appellee's action in mandamus which sought to require appellant Borough of Canonsburg (Borough) to reinstate him as chief of police following the adoption of an ordinance which purportedly abolished that position. We find no error.

Appellee became the Borough's chief of police in 1966, having successfully...

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