Gibbons v. Retirement Board of the Policemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund of Chicago

Plaintiff, Thomas Gibbons, filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to review an order of defendant Board denying his application for disability benefit under the provisions of Illinois Revised Statutes, State Bar Edition 1949, chapter 24, paragraph 989 [Jones Ill. Stats. Ann. 100.169]. The case was tried on the record returned by defendant to the writ, and resulted in a judgment quashing the record of its proceeding. Defendant appeals.

The basic question presented for determination is whether there is any evidence in the record reasonably tending to sustain the decision of defendant Board.

The…