City of Greenwood v. Smith

Defendants-appellants, City of Greenwood, Indiana, and the Board of Trustees of the Police Pension Fund for the City of Greenwood (City), appeal from the adverse judgment of the trial court raising the following issue for our review:

1. Whether the judgment of the trial court is contrary to law.

The facts necessary for our disposition of this appeal are as follows: Plaintiff-appellee, Larry Smith (Larry), was a police officer for the City of Greenwood from January 1, 1967, through August 31, 1974. Upon Larry’s termination of employment as a police officer, he sought to- recover $1,548.00 of…