Wessel v. City of Lincoln

This action was commenced in the district court for Lancaster county by Florence Wessel, widow of Edward Wessel, deceased, as plaintiff, against the city of Lincoln, as defendant, to recover a fireman’s pension alleged due plaintiff as such widow under the provisions of the statutes applicable thereto. From an order sustaining defendant’s motion for a directed verdict and the overruling of plaintiff’s motion for a new trial, the plaintiff has appealed.

For the purpose of this opinion the plaintiff will be referred to as the widow, the defendant as the city and Edward Wessel, deceased, as…