Campbell v. Judges' Retirement Board

Plaintiffs had been judges and members of the Michigan judges’ retirement system. All of them retired from their judicial offices before January 1, 1960. They brought these original man*177damus proceedings in this Court on September 29, 1964, to compel defendant board to increase the pension payments to them from the $6,250 per annum they were receiving to $7,500, commencing from September 6, 1963, the effective date of PA 1963, No 172, which raised the salaries of circuit judges from $12,500 to $15,000 annually.

PA 1951, No 198 (CLS 1961, § 38.801 et seq. [Stat Aun 1962 Rev § 27.125(1) et…