Chaney v. Los Angeles County Peace Officers' Retirement Board

This is an appeal, on the judgment roll alone, from a decree granting a writ of mandate directing payment to petitioner of a pension of $75 per month as the widow of Albert G. Chaney who had been retired on a pension pursuant to the provisions of Act 5848 of Deering’s General Laws (Chapter 268, page 477, Statutes of 1931, as amended), which act will hereinafter be referred to as “the act.” This act provides for a peace officers’ retirement system in every county which, by ordinance passed by a four-fifths vote of the Board of Supervisors, accepts the provisions of the act.

The essential facts…