Bradley v. City of Los Angeles

This appeal is prosecuted by the city of Los Angeles and its Department of Pensions and Board of Pension Commissioners from a judgment of the trial court ordering a peremptory writ of mandate to issue, directing the board to pay a pension to petitioner, Mabel J. Bradley.

Prior to instituting the instant proceeding in mandamus, Mrs. Bradley filed with the Board of Pension Commissioners her application for a widow’s pension pursuant to the provisions of article XVII of the charter of the city of Los Angeles, which application was denied by said board.

The petition for the writ contained the…