Dugan v. Firemen's Pension Fund

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Chidsey,

The five minor children of Joseph Dugan, deceased, by their mother, Margaret Dugan, as guardian, and Margaret Dugan as widow, brought an action of assumpsit against the Firemen’s Pension Fund of Phila*431delphia, a corporation, to recover a pension of $50 per month for the widow and $40 per month for the minor children from the date of Dugan’s death on November 8, 1943. The case was heard by a judge without a jury who found in favor of the defendant. From the judgment entered following the dismissal of their exceptions, plaintiffs appealed to this Court which upon…