Wight v. City of Long Beach

The city of Long Beach and certain of its officers appeal from a judgment based upon findings of a jury upon special interrogatories. The action was in mandate to compel the city and its officers to grant a pension to petitioner, widow of a police officer of the city. The jury answered affirmatively the questions (1) whether Mr. Wight received any injury or contracted any sickness as a result of the discharge of his duties as a member of the police department, (2) whether he died as a result of such injury or sickness, and (3) whether his services as a member of the department so aggravated a…