Wade v. Board of Administration

Pursuant to the authority granted by section 14 of the Alameda County Charter, authorizing the establishment of a retirement system for the benefit of “county employees,” the board of supervisors passed an ordinance, which was approved by a vote of the electors, setting up such a system. The plaintiff herein holds an elective office in the county, namely, that of county clerk; and he brought this action for declaratory relief against the Board of Administration of the Alameda County Employees’ Retirement System for the purpose of obtaining a judicial determination as to whether an elective…