People ex rel. Bridges v. Adamson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, James Bridges, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 17th day of December, 1915, denying his application for a writ of mandamus herein, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 3d day of January, 1916, denying his application for a reargument of the motion.
1Opinion of the Court
Stapleton, J.:
The relator, an officer in the uniformed force of the fire department of the city of New York, was, on August 1, 1915, compulsorily retired on a pension amounting to one-half the *774annual salary fixed for the office he held. He became a member of the force on November 16, 1891. He was injured on September 10, 1906, during his active service caused by the active discharge of duty. He was permanently disabled by the injuries, but disqualified only from performing active duty in the uniformed force — that is, active service at fires. He received full pay after his injury and before…
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