Ellenberger v. City of Oakland

This appeal is taken from an order denying appellant’s petition for a writ of mandate to compel the Board of Trustees of the Police Relief and Pension Fund of the City of Oakland to grant her a pension amounting to one-*339half of the salary of her deceased husband as a policeman of the municipality.

The amended petition alleges that prior to January 6, 1932 George Ellenberger was in perfect health; that on that date “while in performance of his duty as such policeman, said George Ellenberger, while stepping on the running board, slipped between the patrol wagon and another car, twisted his neck…