Police Pension and Relief Board v. Behnke

On April 4, 1956, four members of the Denver Police Department, for themselves and for all other persons similarly situated, filed their complaint against the Denver Police Pension and Relief Board, the five members thereof, and William H. McNichols, auditor of Denver, seeking a declaratory judgment determining the status and legal rights of the plaintiffs, injured and totally disabled members of the Denver Police Department.

On October 30, 1956, there was filed in the case a “stipulation and agreed statement of facts.” This stipulation provided that the City and County of Denver should be…