Legal Opinion
Sonnabend v. City of Spokane
Washington Supreme Court
Decided December 29, 1958No. 34654PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*363Hill, C. J.
The 1957 legislature fixed a new maximum-pension provision for retired and disabled policemen, and provided that “all existing pensions shall be increased to not less than one hundred fifty dollars per month as of July 1, 1957.” Laws of 1957, chapter 84, § 2, p. 343.
From a mandate of the superior court of Spokane county to increase the pension of three retired policemen to one hundred and fifty dollars a month, the city of Spokane appeals.
One of the policemen had been receiving a disability pension of $75 a month since 1938; another, a retirement pension of $80.50 since 1939; and,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Bakenhus v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1956
- State Ex Rel. Thomson v. GiesselWisconsin Supreme Court · 1952
- Koehnlein v. Allegheny County Employees' Retirement SystemSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
- Jameson v. PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
- State ex rel. Port of Seattle v. WardallWashington Supreme Court · 1919
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Hadden v. Consolidated Edison Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1974
- State Ex Rel. Albright v. City of SpokaneWashington Supreme Court · 1964
- McClead v. Pima CountyCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1992
- Police Retirement System v. Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1975
- Fraternal Order of Firemen of Wilmington, Delaware, Inc. v. ShawCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1963
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