West v. Anderson

Jenkins, Justice.

1.. “A constitutional act of the legislature is equivalent to a contract, and when performed, is a contract executed; and whatever rights are thereby created, a subsequent legislature cannot impair.” Winter v. Jones, 10 Ga. 190 (5) (54 Am. D. 379); Herrington v. Godbee, 157 Ga. 343, 347 (121 S. E. 312), and cit.

2. Under the rulings in Trotzier v. McElroy, 182 Ga. 719 (186 S. E. 817), the act of March 28, 1935 (Ga. L. 1935, p. 450), which sought to reduce “pensions” payable to retired firemen of Atlanta, their widows, and other beneficiaries, by virtue of the act of August 13,…