CREIGHAN v. FIREMEN'S RELIEF & PEN. F. BD.


397 Pa. 419 (1959)

Creighan v. Firemen's Relief and Pension Fund Board, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 24, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Shorall, Assistant City Solicitor, with him David Stahl, City Solicitor, for appellant.

Thomas Lewis Jones, with him Richard C. Witt, for appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, BOK and McBRIDE, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, November 24, 1959:

James Creighan, fireman, has brought an action of mandamus against the Firemen's Relief and Pension Fund Board of the City of Pittsburgh for pension benefits under the Firemen's Relief and Pension Fund Law of May 25, 1933, P.L. 1050, as amended (53 P.S. § 23601 et seq.) hereinafter referred to for brevity's sake as the Pension Law.

Creighan became a fireman in the City of Pittsburgh on May 11, 1937,...

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