Hollis v. Jones

Bell, Justice.

This was a suit by the widow of a police officer of the City of Atlanta, for the writ of mandamus to require payment of a balance of a monthly pension claimed by the plaintiff under the act of 1925 (Ga. L. 1925, pp. 228-234). This is the second appearance of the case in this court. In Hollis v. Jones, 184 Ga. 273 (191 S. E. 127), it was held that the act of 1933 (Ga. L. 1933, p. 213), purporting to repeal the act of 1925 and to provide for a smaller pension, was invalid as applied to the claim of the plaintiff. It was further held that “the petition was good as against a general…