Patton v. Philadelphia

Citations

• 273 Pa. 427
• 117 A. 272
• 1922 Pa. LEXIS 592

Syllabus

<p>Municipalities — Cities of the first class — Public employees — Dismissal — Notice—Act of June 25,1919, P. L. 581.</p> <p>1. The manager of the electrical bureau of a city of the first class, may, under the Act of J une 25, 1919, P. L. 581, be dismissed by the director of public safety, for a cause not religious or political, but personal to himself and affecting his public duties, if proper notice of the charges has been given to him.</p> <p>2. Such notice is sufficient if it charges the employee with neglect of duty as shown in frequent and protracted absence during working hours, in permitting police patrol boxes and elevator signal service to remain in disrepair and unfit for use, and in negligence in and general disregard for the requirements of the position as manager of the electrical bureau.</p> <p>8. The written statement of the reasons for dismissal are not required to specify time and place of inefficiency, neglect and absence with definiteness, if it is ample enough to inform of the nature of the offense with which the employee was charged.</p>