State Ex Rel. Harris v. Annuity & Pension Board

This case was brought to the circuit court on writ of certiorari to review the findings of the Annuity and Pension Board of the Employees’ Retirement System of the City of Milwaukee. The Board, after a hearing which lasted five days, denied Naomi Harris, the widow of Maurice D. Harris, M.D., the annuity which she sought.

Under the provisions of sec. 36.05(5) of the Milwaukee City Charter, a widow of a city employee is entitled to a pension of one-half the average annual salary of the de ceased employee if there is proof that the death of the employee was the natural and proximate result of an…