Varnes v. Dougherty

Plaintiff brought suit for declaratory judgment alleging that defendants, as members of the Retirement Board of the Cook County Employees Annuity and Benefit Fund, had wrongfully suspended retirement benefits being paid to him when plaintiff was appointed a magistrate in Du Page County. Defendants appeal from the order of the trial court declaring that the retirement benefits were unlawfully withheld.

Plaintiff had been employed as an assistant State’s Attorney for Cook County for over 19 years and qualified for benefits under the County Annuity and Benefit Fund of Cook County. (Ill. Rev.…