Geary v. Allegheny County Retirement Board

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts,

The question before the Court in this appeal is the constitutionality of the Act of December 16, 1965, P. L. 1115, §2, 16 P.S. §4710(b) (Supp. 1967) which reduced to fifty-five the age at which Allegheny County policemen are entitled to receive a retirement allowance after twenty or more years of service. Prior to the enactment of the Act of December 16, 1965, Allegheny County policemen, like all other employees of that county, were entitled to receive retirement allowance after twenty or more years of service only after the age of sixty, Act of July 28, 1953, P.…