Sawyer v. Church

The plaintiff in this action seeks a declaratory judgment against the defendants to determine his pension rights.

The plaintiff was appointed a patrolman in the police department of the City of New Bochelle, New York, on August 18,1924, and was a member of the city police pension fund. He was duly *1003retired from the said police department on September 1, 1949, with a pension of $1,725 per annum and his name was ordered placed on the rolls of the police pension fund.

The pension of $1,725 allotted to the plaintiff is one half of $3,450 — his salary fixed by the budget of the city — and does not…