Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 8/6/1968

Dombrowski v. Philadelphia

Citations

431 Pa. 199
245 A.2d 238
1968 Pa. LEXIS 612

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stating that rules of civil procedure have the same force of statutes
recognizing a mandamus court’s discretion “to grant relief which differs from that specifically requested”
commenting \relevant inquiry is whether private plaintiff possesses an interest which is not shared by the public at large\
observing that even before the Mandamus Act of 1893, “a private litigant” was permitted to “maintain a mandamus action to enforce a public duty when that plaintiff has an individual and beneficial interest in the litigation independent of that which is held by the public at large
observing that even before the Mandamus Act of 1893, “a private litigant” was permitted to “maintain a mandamus action to enforce a public duty when that plaintiff has an individual and beneficial interest in the litigation independent of that which is held by the public at large
plaintiff was beneficially interested where actual and immediate impairment of pension rights had been adduced

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Judges: Musmanno, Cohen, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Bell, Jones

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