Bergin v. Board of Trustees of the Teachers' Retirement System

Upon petition of defendant, the Board of Trustees of the Teachers’ Retirement System, we have granted leave to appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court, (47 Ill. App. 2d 348,) affirming a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County. The problem presented is the proper construction of those sections of our School Code having to do with the payment of death and survivors’ benefits upon the decease of a member of the retirement system.

In 1953 William Bergin was a teacher employed by a Cook County school district and became a participant in the Teachers’ Retirement System of Illinois, (Ill.…