Edwards v. Board of Trustees of Police Pension Fund

Defendant, the Board of Trustees of the Police Pension Fund of the City of Marion, appealed from the judgment of the circuit court of Williamson County entered in favor of plaintiff, Vivian Edwards, in her action for administrative review (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 110, par. 264 et seq.) of the defendant’s decision denying her petition for a pension as the surviving widow of Charles Edwards. The appellate court reversed (22 Ill. App. 3d 260), and we allowed plaintiff’s petition for leave to appeal.

Plaintiff’s husband, Charles Edwards, was initially appointed to the police department of the…