Gilshion v. Walsh

This is an application by the administratrix of the widow of a deceased fireman (1) to vacate a determination of the Board of Trustees of the New York Fire Department Pension Fund denying petitioner’s demand for payment of sums claimed to be due to petitioner’s intestate as a widow’s pension for a period of twenty-six years, from August 1, 1917, to August 2, 1943, the date of her death, and (2) to direct the trustees to make payment of said sums to petitioner.

On or about December 1, 1895, Peter W, Hunt was appointed a member of the uniformed force of the New York City Fire Department. He…