Wright v. Allegheny County Retirement Board

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Copien,

This appeal by the Retirement Board of Allegheny County comes to us from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County en banc causing a writ of mandamus to issue against the Retirement Board. The writ required the defendant Board to permit repayment by the plaintiff, Wright, of certain amounts he had previously withdrawn from the County Employes Retirement Fund, and, upon receipt thereof, to pay Wright the required “service increment” as provided for in the 1955 amendment to the County Employes’ Retirement System Law. Act of May 31, 1955, P. L. Ill,…