Firemen & Policemen's Pension Fund, Board of Trustees v. Cruz

BARROW, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a writ of mandamus granted after a non-jury trial on stipulated facts commanding and requiring appellant, Firemen and Policemen’s Pension Fund Board of Trustees of San Antonia, Texas, to hear and and consider appellee’s application for disability pension benefits under Art. 6243f, Vernon’s Ann. Civ.St., hereinafter referred to as the Act. The question presented is whether the dismissal of Cruz subsequent to the filing of his application for pension benefits, but pri- or to its consideration by said Board, deprived the Board of jurisdiction to grant…