Wilkes v. Deerfield-Bannockburn Fire Protection District

Plaintiffs, Richard L. Wilkes and Jack G. Keyes, who are firemen employed by the Deerfield-Bannockburn Fire Protection District, commenced this action in the Circuit Court of Lake County against defendants Earle S. Rappaport, Jr., Obert B. Fladeland and Ethel M. Beauregard, who are the members of the board of trustees of the district, and Jack Gagne, its fire chief; these parties are also the trustees of the district firemen’s pension fund. Insofar as is relevant to this appeal, plaintiffs sought to require defendants to pay into the firemen’s pension fund the unpaid salaries of firemen which…