Kerwin v. Rettie

Plaintiff Agnes Kerwin is tbe widow of Captain Richard Kerwin, who became a member of the Port Huron police department in 1895 and was promoted to the rank of captain in 1907. According to the testimony of Lieutenant Dingwell, who served with Captain Kerwin, the Captain “was slowing up” along in 1925, and Lieutenant Mills was. appointed Captain in his place. Kerwin thereafter acted as officer in the court room of the city court. While on active duty as a police captain, he received a salary of $180 per month, and as court officer was paid $150 per month. He was carried on the pay rolls as…