Hess v. Board of Trustees of the Police Pension Fund
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. Colostin D. Mybbs, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1913.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Eldredge
Appellant filed his petition for a peremptory writ of mandamus in the Circuit Court of McLean county to compel the Board of Trustees of the Police Pension Fund of the City of Bloomington, appellee, to designate him as a pensioner of said fund and place his name on the pension roll under an act of the Legislature creating pension funds in cities having a population of not less than 20,000 and not more than 50,000 (chapter 24, page 376, Hurd’s B. S., J. & A. if1877.) The case was tried upon a stipulation of facts and the writ denied.
At the time the act went into effect appellant was fifty-four…
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