Martin v. City of Spokane

This is an action brought against the city of Spokane and the board of police pension fund commissioners of that city for alleged shortages due the plaintiff under the police pension fund act in force prior to 1935. The action is a result of our ruling in Bakenhus v. Seattle, 48 Wn. (2d) 695, 296 P. (2d) 536 (1956), wherein we held that contractual pension rights of the claimant could not, constitutionally, be modified in such a manner as to greatly reduce their value. See Eisenbacher v. Tacoma, 53 Wn. (2d) 280, 333 P. (2d) 642 (1958).

The plaintiff Ira A. Martin became a member of the Spokane…