Shilvock v. Retirement Board of the Policemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court quashing a writ of certiorari issued upon a petition to secure a review of the record of the Retirement Board of the Policemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago, which denied petitioner’s application for a widow’s pension. No point is raised in regard to the pleadings except that the petitioner contends the return to the writ of certiorari made by the respondent is insufficient in law to sustain the legality and validity of the record and proceedings shown thereby.

Charles E. Shilvoek, the husband of Elizabeth Shilvock, petitioner, was…