Board of Pensions & Retirement v. Bradley

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

The City of Philadelphia and its Board of Pensions and Retirement (appellants) appeal here from a grant of judgment on the pleadings by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County.

In February of 1980 James A. Bradley (appellee), an official court reporter who had retired on January *15616, 1976, commenced an action in mandamus in which he sought to compel the appellants to compute his retirement benefits on the basis of both his annual salary and his transcription fees and to accept contributions into a retirement fund with respect to such transcription fees in accordance…