Board of Trustees of Firemen's Relief & Pension Fund v. Daffron

WHITE, Judge.

The Board of Trustees of the Firemen’s Relief and Pension Fund of Sanford, Florida, appeals a final judgment and peremptory writ of mandamus requiring the said Board to pay widow’s survival benefits of $175.42 per month beginning as of November 27, 1957 to the petitioner-appellee Elizabeth Joan Daffron whom the trial court found to be the surviving common law wife of Hubert R. Daffron, a deceased fireman of the City of Sanford. Hubert Daffron died October 27, 1957 as a result of injuries sustained in line of duty within three months after his employment.

The respondent trustees…