Cline v. Firemen's Relief & Retirement Fund Trustees of Houston

KEITH, Justice.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the trial court which affirmed an order of the Firemen’s Relief and Retirement Fund Trustees of Houston, denying Cline a disability pension under Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 6243e.2 (Supp.1976-1977).

On July 13, 1973, appellant Cline, a fireman with the City of Houston Fire Department, filed an application with the Fund Trustees for a non-service occupational disability pension.

The Trustees, relying upon a medical report submitted by the Pension Fund’s doctor, denied Cline’s application, and he duly perfected his appeal to the District Court…