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O'NEILL v. BOROUGH OF YARDLEY

129 Pa.Commw. 270 (1989)

565 A.2d 502

James O'NEILL, Jr., Appellant, v. BOROUGH OF YARDLEY; Yardley Borough Council and Yardley Borough Civil Service Commission, Appellees.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 16, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. O'Neill, Philadelphia, with him, Theodore M. Kravitz, Washington Crossing, for appellant.

Laurence I. Tomar, Tomar, Rosenthal, Popp & Jedynak, Trenton, N.J., for appellees.

Before BARRY and SMITH, JJ., and BARBIERI, Senior Judge.

OPINION

BARRY, Judge.

Appellant, James O'Neill, applied for the position of chief of police of the Borough of Yardley, the appellee. O'Neill is currently a sergeant with the Yardley police force. O'Neill was interviewed by the borough's civil service commission, which issued a letter approving his elevation to chief of police. Subsequently, the borough council refused to appoint O'Neill to the position. O'Neill brought an action in mandamus in the Court...

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