Bock v. City of Oakland

Mandate to compel respondents to pay to petitioner a pension under the charter provisions of the City of Oakland. Respondents demurred to the petition and their demurrer was sustained without léave to amend. This is an appeal from the judgment.

The facts show that one Charles Bock, now deceased, and Anne K. Bock, petitioner herein, intermarried in March, 1902. Decedent became a member of the Oakland police department and for many years prior to his death on April 20, 1934, he held the rank of captain of police. In July, 1930, decedent, while on active duty as a police officer, suffered an…