Lynch v. Board of Trustees of Fireman's Pension & Relief Fund
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Walter Byers Sommerville, Judge. Action by the state, on the relation of A. J. Lynch, for writ of mandamus to the board of trustees of the fireman’s pension and relief fund. From an order granting the writ, defendant appeals.
1Opinion
On Rehearing.
LAND, J.
Act 43, p. 52, of 1902, § 3, declares that the defendant board “shall hear *1083and decide all applications for relief or pensions under this act, and its decisions on such applications shall be final and conclusive, and not subject to review or reversal except by the board.” The act itself thus disposes of this mandamus proceeding, unless its provisions be held unconstitutional, and they have not been assailed on that ground. The relatrix claims a pension unci er the act, and her complaint is that her application, after discussion and consideration, was refused by the board…
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