Rudolph v. United States ex rel. Rock

VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.

This appeal is from an order of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, directing a writ of mandamus against the commissioners of the District, commanding them to reinstate appellee, plaintiff below, Wilbur H. Rock, on the pension roll of the metropolitan police force of the District of Columbia, and to.reinstate his name on the pension roll as of the date when his pension was discontinued.

It appears that plaintiff was retired from the police force on May 31, 1919, and under the provisions of- the Act of Congress of September 1, 1916 (39 Stat. L. 718, §…