Scott v. Mayor of Jersey City

The opinion of the co-urt was delivered by

Hendrickson, J.

The plaintiff in error brought suit against the defendant city to recover the amount of an annual pen*688sion, which she claimed to be due her upon the death of her husband while serving as a hoseman of engine company No. 1 in the lire department of Jersey City. The action was based upon the second section of an act entitled “An act providing for the pensioning of firemen in certain cities of this state” (Pamph. L. 1897, p. 263), which reads as follows: “If any officer or man permanently emploj'ed in any fire department in any such city…