Kuhlmann v. Board of Trustees of the Police Pension Fund

PRESIDING JUSTICE STAMOS

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Herman Kuhlmann, former police chief of Maywood, Illinois, brought this action for declaratory judgment to establish his pension rights under the Illinois Pension Code. Defendant in this suit is the Board of Trustees of the Police Pension Fund of Maywood, Illinois (the Board). The trial court found plaintiff entitled to a pension of 60% of the salary of the police chief for the year prior to October 27,1980. The Board appeals, contending that plaintiff’s pension should be based on his salary for the year prior to May 1968,…