State ex rel. Schaetzle v. Knowles
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of tbe circuit court for Ashland county: E. C. Higbee, Judge. Mandamus action to compel tbe trustees of tbe firemen’s pension fund of tbe city of Ashland, Wisconsin, to place tbe name of relator on tbe pension roll.
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Appeal from an order of tbe circuit court for Ashland county: E. C. Higbee, Judge. Mandamus action to compel tbe trustees of tbe firemen’s pension fund of tbe city of Ashland, Wisconsin, to place tbe name of relator on tbe pension roll. Eacts were stated in tbe petition and alternative writ appropriate to tbe question of whether relator was eligible for a pension under cb. 214, Laws of 1907. It was stated that be became a member of tbe fire department in April, 1887; that be was made captain in 1893, assistant chief May, 1895, chief in 1897, and was discharged July 1, 1909, having been in…
1Opinion of the CourtMaRshall, J.
Tbe appeal presents tbe question of whether, under cb. 214, Laws of 1901, as to a fireman who "had been in service before tbe act, part of tbe time as a volunteer; one not required to spend time in tbe service so as to •preclude him from giving bis attention in part to private affairs and not drawing a monthly salary, as in case of members of paid fire departments in many cases, tbe period covered by tbe mixed vocation is countable in making up^ tbe twenty-two _years requisite to eligibility for a pension. Tbe law is as follows:
“Any member of tbe fire department of any such city, having…
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