Legal Opinion
Cochran v. City of Long Beach
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 17, 1956No. Civ. 21113PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAshburn, J.
The question in this case is whether petitioner, a retired patrolman of the Long Beach Police Department, must accept a pension of a fixed amount or is entitled to a pension which fluctuates from month to month and year to year in proportion to the salary of a patrolman then on active duty.
Petitioner having been permanently injured on March 15, 1952, while in the performance of duty as a member of the Police Department of the City of Long Beach, was forced to retire from active duty on the following day, March 16. After appropriate proceedings therefor, the city council granted petitioner a…
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