Case Name: Akins, Appellant, v. York Officers' and Employees' Retirement Board
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1951-06-27
Citations: 368 Pa. 182
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 25
Parties: Akins, Appellant, v. York Officers’ and Employees’ Retirement Board.
Judges: Before Stern, Stearne, Jones, Bell, Ladner and Chidsey, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 368
Pages: 182–183

Head Matter:
Akins, Appellant, v. York Officers’ and Employees’ Retirement Board.
Argued April 9, 1951.
Before Stern, Stearne, Jones, Bell, Ladner and Chidsey, JJ.
Henry B. Leader, with him McClean Stock, for appellant.
June 27, 1951:
Herbert B. Cohen, with him John W. Heller, 3rd, for appellees.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Me. Justice Jones,
The question involved on this appeal is the same as in the case of Altieri v. Allentown Officers' and Employees' Retirement Board, p. 176 ante. The result in the lower court in the instant case is opposite to that reached in the Altieri case. In this case the learned court below sustained the defendant board's contention that Section 4(b) of the Third Class City Employees Retirement Law of May 23,1945, P.L. 903, violates Sections 11 and 18 of Article III of the Pennsylvania Constitution and, accordingly, entered judgment for the board. The plaintiff-employee thereupon brought this appeal. As we pointed out in the Altieri case, supra, the constitutional questions need not be considered in view of the fact that Section 4(b) is deficient and unenforceable. For the reasons set forth in the Altieri case, we approve the judgment entered in the instant case.
Judgment affirmed.