Maillet v. Board of Trustees, Teachers' Retirement System

SAVOY, Judge.

Appellants have appealed from a judgment of the district court granting appellee, widow of a deceased school teacher, certain monthly benefits for life under the Teachers’ Retirement System of Louisiana.

The facts are virtually undisputed, and the Court is called upon to decide questions of law. The trial judge, in his written opinion, stated that the matter is res nova in Louisiana. Counsel for the parties in the instant case have not cited any cases involving the specific provisions of the statute involved herein.

The decedent, Gaston P. Maillet, had been employed by the…