Lugar v. State Ex Rel. Lee

— Appellees filed a petition to transfer after an adverse decision in the Court of Appeals. This is an action in mandate brought by appellees, former members of the Indianapolis Police Department and the widows or next of kin thereof, to compel the trustees of the Police Pension Fund to include, in the computation benefits, the clothing allowance paid to policemen under IC § 19-1-10-1 [Burns 1974]. The trial court held the clothing allowance must be included in the salary computation and accordingly ordered the Trustees to pay $1,310,696.73 to the Fund. The Court of Appeals reversed the trial…