Gaffney v. Young

The appellee, on October 22, 1924, filed in the lower court a petition against the appellants, the members of the board of trustees of the policemen’s pension fund of Sioux City, asking for a writ of certiorari to review the action of the board in denying her a pension as the widow of a policeman who, as is alleged, died as a result of exposure in the performance of his duties. It was alleged that his death occurred on January 18, 1912, and that on September 10, 1924, the plaintiff filed with the board her application for a pension from the date of her husband’s death, which the board, on…