Banish v. City of Hamtramck

Plaintiffs are retired policemen and firemen and retired members of tbe police signal and fire alarm systems of tbe city of Hamtramck. Under tbe provisions of tbe city charter, they are entitled to receive a pension at the rate of one-half the pay of the rank in which they served at the time of retirement. The charter provides that in the event of any change at any time after retirement “in • such rate of pay” the pension thereafter will be “at the rate of 1/2 the pay for said rank so changed.”

The charter provision was adopted in 1938, and from the time of its adoption through the fiscal year…