López Maldonado v. Muñoz Marín

The plaintiff Samuel López Maldonado was physically disabled while rendering service to the Police of Puerto Rico. He requested the pension for disability for work provided in Act No. 189 of May 2, 1951 (Sess. Laws, p. 476), which was denied to him by the Police Superintendent. He then resorted to the Superior Court claiming payment thereof. According to the facts, accepted by the parties, on May 21, 1954 at 9:30 p.m., López Maldonado tried to arrest a certain Efrain Quintana Feliciano, who was charged by some persons with having threatened them with a pistol shortly before. When the…