Mauch v. Allegheny County Retirement Board

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Chidsey,

Appellee, Frank Albert Manch, filed a petition in which he prayed for a declaratory judgment adjudging that he be entitled, upon his retirement from employment with Allegheny County, to a retirement allowance from the Retirement System, administered by appellant, the Retirement Board of Allegheny County. The answer of the Board admitted all the averments in Mauch’s petition but, by way of further answer, averred that his right to the allowance was barred by the Act of March 31, 1937, P. L. 191, Sec. 12, 16 PS §326, and the Act of July 28, 1953, P. L. 723, Art.…