Slater v. City of Grand Rapids

Plaintiff’s husband, Samuel Slater, was a police officer in Grand Eapids. While attempting an arrest he was shot, his death resulting on December 9, 1921. An agreement for compensation under the workmen’s compensation act (2 Comp. Laws 1915, § 5458) was made, filed with the department of labor and industry and duly approved by it. The compensation provided was $14 per week for 300 weeks, and it has been paid in full by the defendant city. The charter of the city, adopted in 1917, provided a pension in such cases, to be paid to dependents, “including and not in addition to any amounts paid * *…