Bishop v. Marcum, Mayor

Opinion of the Court by'

Drury, Commissioner

Affirming.

Mrs. Bishop was unsuccessful as plaintiff in the trial court, and has appealed. On January 27, 1935, her husband Robert Gr. Bishop died of nephritis, after an illness of 28 days. He was then and for about 10 years had been a policeman of the city of Corbin, Ky. His wife, Etta Bishop, survived him and has not remarried.

Corbin had then an insurance fund of about $800 accumulated under the provisions of section 3351a-l et seq., Kentucky Statutes. In due season Mrs. Bisbop made application to the board of trustees of the pension fund, the…