Dillon v. Board of Pension Commissioners

18 Cal.2d 427 (1941)

VIRGINIA M. DILLON, Appellant,

v.

THE BOARD OF PENSION COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

Aug. 18, 1941.

Pollock & Pollock, Edward I. Pollock, David Pollock, Theodore A. Horn and Louis Miller for Appellant.

Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, Frederick von Schrader, Assistant City Attorney, and Robert J. Stahl, Deputy City Attorney, for Respondents.

TRAYNOR, J.

Plaintiff's husband, a police officer for the city of Los Angeles, committed suicide in April, 1934. Within six months, plaintiff made application to the Board of Pension…