Donaldson v. Mankato Policemen's Benefit Ass'n

CHARLES W. KENNEDY, Justice. 1

Appeal from a judgment determining that Muriel Donaldson, the widow of a Mankato policeman, is entitled to a pension. The Mankato Policemen’s Benefit Association had denied the pension, alleging that Mrs. Donaldson was ineligible because she had “commenced * * * an action for divorce” and “had been residing apart from” her husband at the time of his death. The trial court found that Mrs. Donaldson had abandoned any intent to obtain a divorce, and that her husband’s absence from the home was temporary, for reasons of health, and that she was eligible for the…