Seamonds v. Sturm

Hatcher, Judge:

In 1926 the defendant Sturm applied for a position in the police department of the City of Huntington; was examined by its Civil Service Board, and the result certified to the City’s Board of Commissioners as provided by the city charter of 1921, then in force, and was appointed a policeman. He served continuously as such until just prior to the institution of this suit, when he became totally disabled physically. He then applied for a pension from the Policemen’s Pension Fund. The trustees of the fund brought this suit for judicial instruction on whether to grant the pension…