Fulton County Employees Pension Board v. Askea

1. Where a legislative act is plain, unambiguous and positive, and not capable of two constructions, the act must be taken to mean what it says, and judicial interpretation is forbidden. Board of Tax Assessors of Decatur County v. Catledge, 173 Ga. 656 (160 S. E. 909); Floyd County v. Salmon, 151 Ga. 313 (106 S. E. 280); Gazan v. Heery, 183 Ga. 30 (1) (187 S. E. 371, 106 A. L. R. 498).

2. A provision of the Fulton County Pension Law (Ga. L. 1941, p. 843 as amended by Ga. L. 1947, p. 631) as follows: “Any such officer . . . who is not otherwise entitled to a pension under this law and who has…