Donnelly v. BD. OF TR. OF FIRE RET. SYSTEM

SCHULTZ, Justice.

The determinative question in this appeal is whether retired firemen may have their pensions increased, under a statutory provision for readjustment of pensions, due to a pay raise during the preceding adjustment period, when the retirees received the raise before they retired. The board of trustees of Fire Retirement System of the City of Des Moines (board) appeals the district court decision that sustained plaintiffs’ writ of certiorari and held that the board acted illegally in denying the pension increase for the plaintiff retirees. We affirm the district court.

Plaintiff…