BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF P. & F. R. F. v. CITY OF PADUCAH


333 S.W.2d 515 (1960)

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF POLICEMEN'S & FIREMEN'S RETIREMENT FUND OF CITY OF PADUCAH, Kentucky, et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF PADUCAH, Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 18, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reed & Hines, Joseph S. Freeland, Paducah, for appellants.

H. Warren Middleton, Earle T. Shoup, Paducah, for appellee.

Wilson & Wilson, Owensboro, amicus curiae.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

The appeal is from a judgment holding unconstitutional an Act of the 1956 General Assembly (1956, c. 16; KRS 95.851 to 95.885) establishing a new form of retirement and pension system for the police and fire departments of cities of the second class. The Act is mandatory as to those second-class cities which prior to 1956 had established pension systems for police and firemen under former statutes (the appellee City of Paducah is in this category...

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