State ex rel. Gaddis v. Bryan

Appeal from an order of the district court for Lancaster county denying a writ of mandamus. Relator brought this action to compel respondents to place him upon the pension list of the city of Lincoln under the following provisions of section 2518, Rev. St. 1913:

“In case any fireman in a paid fire department in any metropolitan city, or city of- the first class, shall become permanently and totally disabled from accident or other cause, while in the line of his duty, such fireman shall forthwith be placed upon the roll of pensioned firemen, at the rate as provided for retired firemen in the…