State v. Holmes

The relator, Jeremiah Delaney, brings this action in mandamus to require the respondents, trustees of the police relief fund of the city of Cincinnati, to draw their order on the treasurer of the city for the sum of $6,800 with interest, the amount of back pensions at the rate of $50 per month, which he claims to be due him since September, 1903.

The pleadings, admissions and proof disclose that in 1887 the relator" became a member of the police force of said city and continued actively in the service until 1898, when he was obliged to discontinue active service on account of two injuries…