Board of Trustees of the Policemen's Pension Fund v. Koman

We will refer to the parties by name or as they appeared in the trial court, where John Koman was plaintiff and the Board of Trustees of the Policemen’s Pension Fund, et al., herein also referred to as the Board, were defendants.

On August 15, 1942, plaintiff was appointed a member of the Pueblo police department, and he continued in that employment until May 3, 1948, when he resigned by letter dated May 1, 1948. On May 6, 1954, plaintiff by letter claimed a pension on account of physical disability allegedly incurred in the performance of his duties as a Pueblo policeman. The next day he…