Abernathy v. Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

This is a declaratory judgment action brought by retired District Attorneys General to determine certain points of law respecting their retirement benefits. They are dissatisfied with the decree of the Chancellor and have appealed.

In 1953, the Attorneys General Retirement System was enacted by the legislature pursuant to T.C.A., §§ 8-618 through 8-622.1 Under that system, “benefit base” is defined as follows:

“ ‘Benefit base’ means a sum equal to the annual salary the retired attorney general would have received had he continued in the position from which he retired.”…