Carlton v. West

(After stating the foregoing facts.) Plaintiff brought suit, under the act of 1924 (Ga. L. 1924, p. 167), against B. Graham West and others as joint trustees of the firemen’s fund of the City of Atlanta, to recover a pension which he claimed he was entitled to as a matter of right. Under section 1 of the act it is provided: “There shall be raised and established funds for the aid, relief, and pension of members of paid fire departments who are in active service at the time of the passage of this act, and whose names are oh the pay-roll of such departments and future members of such…