Legal Opinion
Mott v. Scanlan
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 13, 1912No. Civ. No. 968PublishedCited by 4 opinions
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtKerrigan, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment on the pleadings entered in favor of Theresa Seanlan, one of the defendants.
The action springs from a statute entitled, “An act to create a police relief, health and life insurance fund in the several counties, cities and counties, cities and towns of the state,” approved March 4, 1889, and amended March 31, 1891. (Stats. 1889, p. 56; Stats. 1891, p. 287.)
Section 7 thereof provides: “Whenever any member of the police department of such . . . city . . . shall, after ten years of service, die from natural causes, then his widow or children, or if there be no…
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- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of OakleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
- Anderson v. McGeeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1910
- Estate of ConwaySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
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