Bader v. Crone

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Case, J.

The single question involved in this controversy is whether chapter 171 of the laws of 1935 serves to increase from two per centum to four per centum the amount which a municipality shall deduct from the pension of a police officer who, before the passage of the act, had been retired and had elected to have his pension payments continued after his death in favor of his wife.

Bader, a member of the Plainfield police department, was retired April 15th, 1935. At the same time he consented to the deduction of two per cent, monthly from his pension…