Wallitsch v. Allentown Firemen's Relief Ass'n

Koch, J.,

Plaintiff is employed by the Fire Department of the City of Allentown and is a member of the Allentown Firemen’s Relief Association, a nonprofit corporation, having as one of its objects the payment of benefits for injury or sickness arising out of the performance of public fire duty.

The agreed statement of facts and complaint indicate that on August 22, 1955, at about 10 p.m., while plaintiff was on duty at the Liberty Fire Company, he was ordered by an assistant fire chief to proceed to the vicinity of Adams Island which is situate in the *29Lehigh River. Because flood waters had…