Prendergast v. Retirement Board of Firemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund

The petitioner, Margaret M. Prendergast, appeals from an order of the circuit court quashing a writ of certiorari issued upon her petition to review a record of the Retirement Board of the Firemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago which had denied her application to have her name placed upon the compensation annuity roll of the board as a widow annuitant on the ground that she is the widow of a deceased fireman who died as the result of injuries sustained by him in the line of duty.

The facts disclose that her husband, Joseph M. Prendergast, was appointed a fireman in the Fire Department…