Hutchens v. Covert
Indiana Court of Appeals
Erom Gibson Circuit Court; O. M. Welborn, Judge. Action by Rosa D. Hutchens against Charles G. Covert, as Mayor of the City of Evansville, and others. Erom a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWiley, J.
Action by appellant as widow of Thomas IT. Hutchens, a deceased member of the police force of the city of Evansville, to recover the funeral benefits and pension provided for in the act approved February 27, 1903 (Acts 1903, p. 102). To appellant’s amended complaint a demurrer was sustained, and the only question presented by this appeal is the correctness of that ruling.
The amended complaint is brief, and we set out its material averments as follows: “That on September 18, 1903, Thomas H. Hutchens, who was, and had been for more than twenty years prior thereto, a member of the police force…
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