Wadhams v. City of Torrington

Anthony C. Gelormino, then mayor of the city of Torrington, and Edmond J. Sawoska, the superintendent of public welfare, on October 16, 1961, were voted pensions by the board of trustees of the City of Torrington Employees’ Eetirement Fund. The plaintiffs claim that the board acted illegally and brought this action, seeking a temporary and permanent injunction restraining the pay ment of the pensions to Gelormino and Sawoska and a declaratory judgment (a) that no pension may be paid to any employee who has not reached the age of sixty-five years and (b) that the board, in exercising its…