Wood v. Board of Police & Fire Pension Commissioners

WOOD (W. J.), J.

Defendants have appealed from a judgment granting plaintiff’s petition for a peremptory writ of mandate and establishing petitioner’s right to a pension as the widow of a deceased police officer.

Ben N. Wood, while employed by the police department of the city of Long Beach, sustained injuries in the course of his employment which caused permanent disability. Upon his application the Board of Police and Fire Pension Commissioners of the city on March 30, 1936, directed that he be retired because of physical disability received in the discharge of his duties and directed that he…