111 A.2d 136 (Pa. 1955), Commonwealth ex rel. Truscott v. City of Philadelphia

Citation: 111 A.2d 136, 380 Pa. 367

Opinion Judge: BELL, Justice.

Party Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, ex rel. Frank F. TRUSCOTT, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Lillian Woodard, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Joseph S. Clark, Jr., Mayor of the City of Philadelphia and Vernon D. Northrop, Director of Finance of the City of Philadelphia, Defendants. William F. Meade, Frederick W. J. Lyness,

Attorney: Marshall H. Morgan, Sp. Counsel, Philadelphia, Robert L. Rubendall, Deputy Atty. Gen., Frank F. Truscott, Atty. Gen., for petitioners. Harvey Levin, Deputy to the City Sol., Abraham Wernick, Deputy City Sol., Jerome J. Shestack, First Deputy City Sol., Abraham L. Freedman, City Sol., Philadelphia...

Judge Panel: Jones, Chidsey and Musmanno, JJ., dissented. Before STERN, C. J., and STEARNE, JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ. STERN, C. J., files a concurring opinion. JONES, J., files a dissenting opinion in which CHIDSEY, J., joins. MUSMANNO, J., dissents. HORACE STERN, Chief Justice (concurrin...

Case Date: January 12, 1955

Court: Pennsylvania Supreme Court