Board of Trustees of Employees' Retirement System v. Talley

HEFLIN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a final decree entered by the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, in equity, declaring Paragraph 17 of Section 6 of Ordinance 12-65 of the City of Montgomery to be unconstitutional and awarding the appellee-complainant Mrs. Talley a gross sum of $7,466.76 and monthly payments of $118.52 for life.

The instant controversy involves the retirement system provided by the City of Montgomery by Ordinance Number 12-65 to provide retirement allowances for employees of the City under alternative options of equivalent actuarial value. The…