Winch v. City of Philadelphia

Citations

• 264 Pa. 7
• 107 A. 217
• 1919 Pa. LEXIS 576

Syllabus

<p>Municipal corporations — Firemen—Discharge—Reinstatement— Bach wages.</p> <p>A city fireman who was discharged from service after he was found guilty, by the firemen’s court, of certain charges preferred against him is not entitled to recover back pay from the city after he has been reinstated by a subsequent court, which reheard the charges upon which he had been found guilty by the previous court, where no appeal was ever taken from the action of the first court, since the effect of his discharge was to dissolve and terminate all relations between the city and him in the matter of employment and a subsequent reemployment constituted a new contract creating new duties having no relation to the former contract.</p>