ROBINSON v. BOARD OF RETIREMENT

Docket No. 21463.

140 Cal.App.2d 115 (1956)

294 P.2d 724

JESSIE LAVINIA ROBINSON, Appellant, v. BOARD OF RETIREMENT et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.

March 21, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Gratton and Marvin A. Burnett for Appellant.

Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel (Los Angeles), and Edward H. Gaylord, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondents.


ASHBURN, J.

Appeal from denial of mandamus to compel county board of retirement to grant to petitioner, the widow of Stanley W. Robinson, safety member of the sheriff's department, a special death benefit provided by section 31781, Government Code. Section 31780 prescribes the normal death benefit for the survivors of one who dies while in the service (and under certain other conditions). Section 31787 provided at the time of death of Robinson: "In addition to the...

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