Board of Trustees of Firemen's Relief & Pension Fund v. Pelham

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Oklahoma county rendered on appeal to that court from the action of the board of trustees of the firemen’s relief and pension fund of Oklahoma City which denied a pension to the defendant in error. The plaintiffs in error challenge the judgment of the court below on the ground, first, that the right of appeal from the pension board to the district court does not exist; and, second, that the district court has no authority to weigh the evidence on reviewing the action of such board.

The right to appeal under the circumstances here…