Simmons v. Policemen's Pension Com., Deal

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.

On May 23d, 1926, the prosecutor, a member of the police force of the borough of Deal, while on duty as a motorcycle policeman, was seriously, and as he claims, permanently injured in the performance of that duty. After a period in the hospital and a furlough on half pay, he went back to duty and found he could not perform it; was asked, and refused, to resign; and finally, on April 25th, 1928, he applied to be pensioned by virtue of the act of 1920. Pamph. L., p. 324. The borough authorities declined to take the course provided by that…