Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number No. 85 MAL 2008. See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. Kendrick BUCKWALTER, Petitioner v. BOROUGH OF PHOENIXVILLE, Respondent. ORDER PER CURIAM. AND NOW, this 3rd day of September, 2008, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, rephrased for clarity, are: (1) Whether Baldwin v. City of Philadelphia, 99 Pa. 164, 1881 WL 13869 (1881), which held Pa. CONST. art. III, § 13, now § 27, did not apply to a municipal ordinance that changed a public officer's compensation mid-term, should be reversed. (2) Whether Pa. CONST. art. III, § 27 prohibits mid-term compensation changes for elected municipal officers by means of a municipal ordinance.