Elliott v. City of Omaha

Action by Nellie Elliott against the city of Omaha to recover $150 claimed to be due Tier as a pension, as the widow of Harold B. Elliott, deceased, who at the time of his death was a member of the paid fire department of defendant city, and who,' it is alleged, died as the result of injuries received while in the line of his duty as such fireman. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant appeals.

The plaintiff’s action is based upon section 2517, Rev. St. 1913, which provides: “In case of the death of any fireman in a paid fire department in any city of the…