FRENCH v. RISHELL

Docket No. S.F. 18728.

40 Cal.2d 477 (1953)

254 P.2d 26

BEATRICE HELEN FRENCH, Respondent, v. CLIFFORD E. RISHELL et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 13, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Collier, City Attorney (Oakland), and Daniel J. McNamara, Deputy City Attorney, for Appellants.

Carroll, Davis & Freidenrich, Roland C. Davis and J.D. Burdick for Respondent.


GIBSON, C.J.

Plaintiff, the widow of a captain in the Oakland Fire Department, sought to compel the city of Oakland and its Board of Trustees of the Firemen's Relief and Pension Fund to pay her a pension pursuant to provisions of the city charter. A writ of mandate was granted on her motion for summary judgment on the pleadings, and defendants have appealed.

In a prior proceeding before the Industrial Accident Commission...

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