MURPHY v. STATE OF MICHIGAN

Docket No. 66589, (Calendar No. 20).

418 Mich. 341 (1984)

343 N.W.2d 177

MURPHY v. STATE OF MICHIGAN

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided February 6, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Bowles, P.C.; Fisher, Franklin, Ford, Simon & Hogg (by George Hogg, Jr., Francis E. Bentley, and Sidney M. Berman), of counsel, for the plaintiff.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, and Gerald F. Young and Paul J. Zimmer, Assistants Attorney General, for the defendants.


KAVANAGH, J.

Plaintiff is the widow of the late George Murphy, who served as a judge of the Detroit Recorder's Court from January 1, 1936, until his death on July 11, 1961. Pursuant to the Judges' Retirement Act, MCL 38.801 et seq.; MSA 27.125(1) et seq., plaintiff has received a retirement annuity from the Judges' Retirement System since Judge Murphy's death. At issue in this appeal is whether plaintiff's annuity should remain at the amount to which...

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