Allen v. West Mifflin Borough

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Cohen,

Appellee, John G. Allen, was a policeman for the Borough of West Mifflin when he was “retired” pursuant to Borough Ordinance No. 507 which provides as follows: “(a) Police Officers of the Borough of West Mifflin having a minimum period of total service not less than an aggregate of 20 years in the Borough of West Mifflin, may be retired from active duty with the Borough of West Mifflin, at the age of 61 years, upon appropriate action being taken by the Council of the Borough of West Mifflin.”

This ordinance requires that the policeman to be retired have both an…