Hanson v. City of Seattle

This is an action by Joan R. Hanson, guardian ad litem, in behalf of two minor children, Patrick D. McGinley and Michael J. McGinley, plaintiffs (appellants) against the City of Seattle and the members of the Firemen’s Pension Board of the City of Seattle, defendants (respondents), for pension benefits to which they claim they are entitled upon the death of their father.

The father of the minor plaintiffs, who died on January 26, 1968, was a retired member of the City of Seattle fire department. At the time of his death he had been divorced from his wife and the care, custody and control of…