GOLPHIN v. CITY COUNCIL OF AUGUSTA

38608.

103 Ga. App. 53 (1961)

118 S.E.2d 281

GOLPHIN v. CITY COUNCIL OF AUGUSTA.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided January 17, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julian B. Willingham, Hull, Willingham, Norman & Towill, for plaintiff in error.

Wm. C. Reed, E. D. Fulcher, Fulcher, Fulcher, Hagler & Harper, contra.


TOWNSEND, Presiding Judge.

Acts creating pension funds and like benefits resulting from employment are in general to be given a liberal construction in favor of the employee. Van Treeck v. Travelers Ins. Co., 157 Ga. 204 (121 S. E. 215). It is of course true that a construction of such acts primarily involves determining the intent of the legislature, and that each such act must depend on its own particular language...

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