State v. Abbott

Relator served twenty years as a member of the Delaware State Police. In May, 1944, he was retired upon his own application. The parties are in accord that he is entitled to benefits under an act creating a State Police Pension Board and providing for pensions for retired State Police, 41 Laws of Del., pp. 790-792. The question is how much should his pension be.

*474The act provides for a retirement fund and directs that any membér of the State Police retired as was relator, shall “receive monthly, from the said Fund, an amount equal to one-half of the monthly salary recéived by such member at the…