Bateham v. Public School Employees' Retirement Fund Board

The 2 plaintiffs in this original proceeding in this Court seek mandamus to compel the Michigan public school employees’ retirement fund board, which consists of the individually named defendants, to construe PA 1945, No 136, as amended (CL 1948, § 38.201 et seq. [Stat Ann 1949 Cum Supp § 15.893(1) et seq.~\), in such a manner as will enable each of the plaintiffs to qualify for receipt of “service retirement allowance.” The retirement board had previously disallowed the petition of the respective plaintiffs for such retirement allowances.

At the outset, in the appended footnote, * we quote…