Rudolph v. United States ex rel. Stuart
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the respondents from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, sustaining a demurrer to an answer to a petition for the writ of mandamus.
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Hearing on an appeal by the respondents from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, sustaining a demurrer to an answer to a petition for the writ of mandamus. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This action was brought by relators, Helen Stuart and her daughter, Helen Gertrude Stuart, an infant child under sixteen years of age, for a writ of mandamus against the commissioners of the District of Columbia, to require the allowance of a pension of $50 per month for the relator Helen Stuart, and $25-per month, for the relator Helen Gertrude Stuart, on…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Orsdel
The police pension system in this District was inaugurated by the act of February 25, 1885 (23 Stat. at L. 316, chap. 145). It created a police fund to “be used for the relief of any policeman who, by injury received or disease contracted in the line of duty, or having served not less than fifteen years, shall become so permanently disabled as to be discharged from service therefor; and in case of his death from such injury or disease, leaving a widow or children under sixteen years, for their relief.” The relief provided by this act, “shall not exceed, for any one policeman or his family,…
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- Burt v. Union Central Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Shipman v. . Protected Home CircleNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Plunkett v. Supreme ConclaveSupreme Court of Virginia · 1906
- Hopkins v. Northwestern Life Assur. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania · 1899
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- MacLeod v. FernandezCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1938
- Thompson v. YoungDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1945