Creighan v. Firemen's Relief & Pension Fund Board

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Musmanno,

James Creighan, fireman, has brought an action of mandamus against the Firemen’s Relief and Pension Fund Board of the City of Pittsburgh for pension benefits under the Firemen’s Relief and Pension Fund Law of May 25, 1933, P. L. 1050, as amended (53 P.S. §23601 et seq.) hereinafter referred to for brevity’s sake as the Pension Law.

Creighan became- a fireman in the City of Pittsburgh on May 11, 1937, and performed the duties of a hoseman until February 22, 1949, when tuberculosis of the respiratory system forced him into a sanitarium (Leech Farm) where he…