DAILEY v. CITY OF SEATTLE

No. 34395.

54 Wn.2d 733 (1959)

344 P.2d 718

CLYDE V. DAILEY, Respondent, v. THE CITY OF SEATTLE, et al., Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

October 8, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.C. Van Soelen, Alfred N. Newbould, and Arthur T. Lane, for appellants.

Copass & Franklin, for respondent.


HILL, J.

We are again concerned with what statute governs a policeman's retirement rights.

Clyde V. Dailey was appointed to the Seattle police department January 1, 1929. When he retired on August 3, 1955, at age fifty-three, he was a supervising captain, a position he had held for more than eight years; his salary for more than a year preceding his retirement had been $520 a month.

The board of trustees of the relief and pension fund of the Seattle...

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