State ex rel. Criswell v. Board of Trustees of Firemen's Relief & Pension Fund
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for Pierce county, Clifford, J., entered May 25, 1915, dismissing an application for a writ of mandamus to compel the payment of an insurance benefit under the fireman’s pension act, after a hearing before the court.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The statute (Rem. 1915 Code, § 8061 et seq.) authorizes the creation of a firemen’s relief and pension fund. For the maintenance of the fund, it provides that *469the treasurer of the city shall retain from the pay of each and every member of the fire department a sum equal to one and one-half per centum of the monthly compensation paid each such member, and authorizes and empowers the city council of any city to levy, in the annual tax levy of such city, a tax not to exceed one-half of one mill until such time as the fund shall reach the sum of $25,000; no tax to be levied thereafter until the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Friel v. McAdooAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
- Lynch v. Board of Trustees of Fireman's Pension & Relief FundSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
- People Ex Rel. Bliel v. . MartinNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
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- State v. MilesWashington Supreme Court · 1940
- State ex rel. Wolcott v. BoyingtonWashington Supreme Court · 1920
- In Re GiffordWashington Supreme Court · 1937
- State Ex Rel. Westbrook v. Oklahoma Public Welfare Comm.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1946
- State Ex Rel. Chapman v. EdwardsWashington Supreme Court · 1931
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