Dewitt v. Richmond County
Supreme Court of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Duckworth, Justice.
An interpretation of that portion of the act contained in section 6, providing that “whenever any employee (not elected by the people) of any county to which this act is applicable, shall have served for twenty-five (25) years as an employee of the aforesaid countjr, he shall be permitted to retire from active service on his own motion, upon one half of the pay of his or her position,” is made necessary by that portion of the petition assailing this provision upon the ground that it is indefinite and uncertain, in that it fails to state whether the twenty-five year period…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Pennie v. ReisSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Retirement Board v. McGovernSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
- Bennett v. WheatleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
- Cutsinger v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1914
- Trotzier v. McElroySupreme Court of Georgia · 1936
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Bender v. AnglinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1950
- City of MacOn v. HerringtonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
- Drost v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942
- Cole v. FosterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1950
- Hill v. BusbiaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1962
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