MacKay v. City of Port Huron

Norman MacKay, a member of the fire department of the city of Port Huron, was killed while working in the line of duty on January 3,1937. Myrtle E. MacKay, plaintiff herein, was his wife and sole dependent. The city, by charter provision, had a pension and benefit system applicable to members of the fire department and their widows. Under the charter provision, plaintiff, as widow, the day after the death of her husband, was granted and accepted the sum of $75 per month for life, unless she remarried. A few weeks later, and while receiving the mentioned charter benefit, she applied, as a…