Thelin v. Borough of Warren

Opinion by

President Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

Roger Thelin appeals a Warren County Common Pleas Court order which dismissed his mandamus complaint. We affirm.

Thelin, a 49 year old Warren Borough police officer with almost 25 years’ service, resigned in 1980 as the borough’s chief of police. Under the pension plan then in effect, Thelin was eligible to withdraw only his contributions to the plan plus interest, because his right to a full pension would not vest until he reached age sixty with twenty-five years’ service.

Approximately six months after his resignation, the borough enacted a new pension…