Estate of McGovern v. Commonwealth, State Employees' Retirement Board

512 Pa. 377 (1986)

517 A.2d 523

ESTATE OF Francis J. McGOVERN, Appellee,

v.

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT BOARD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued May 14, 1986.

Decided November 5, 1986.

Nicholas J. Marcucci, Herbert C. Goldstein, State Employees' Retirement Bd., John P. Krill, Office of Gen. Counsel, Harrisburg, for appellant.

Richard P. Hunter, Jr., Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

On January 9, 1981, Francis J. McGovern retired after…