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CLAIM OF DUCKETT

No. 121.

156 S.E.2d 838 (1967)

271 N.C. 430

Claim of Mildred Lunsford DUCKETT, widow of Lt. Arthur Walter Duckett, for payment of Pension by Board of Examiners of Asheville Firemen's Pension and Disability Fund.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

September 27, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O. E. Starnes, Jr., Asheville, for appellant Board of Examiners.

Don C. Young and Lee, Lee & Cogburn, Asheville, for appellee.

BRANCH, Justice.

"The right to a pension depends upon statutory provision therefor, and the existence of such right in particular instances is determinable primarily from the terms of the statute under which the right or privilege is granted." 40 Am.Jur., Pensions, Sec. 23, p. 980.

Chapter 320 of the 1955 Session Laws of North Carolina provides in pertinent part:

"Sec. 7. Payment for Disability in Line of Duty.—That if and in the event any...

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