State ex rel. Criswell v. Board of Trustees of Firemen's Relief & Pension Fund

Citations

• 93 Wash. 468
• 161 P. 361
• 1916 Wash. LEXIS 1233

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations — Officers and Employees — Fireman’s Pension — Administration—Powers of Pension Board — Mandamus. Under Rem. 1915 Code, § 8073, subd. 4, providing that the board of the fireman’s relief fund shall bear and decide all applications for relief or pensions under the act and that its decisions on such applications shall be final and conclusive on the courts, mandamus does not lie to inquire into the correctness of a ruling of the board or to review its action in denying an application for permanent relief under the act.</p> <p>Same. The act for the relief and pension of firemen, Rem. 1915 Code, § 8061 et seg., confers upon the pension board power to determine who are entitled to a fixed pension, as well as to determine who are entitled to temporary relief.</p> <p>Same — Officers and Employees — Firemen’s Pension — Constitutional Law — Vested Rights. The act for the relief and pension of firemen is not a vested right subject to determination by the courts, since the legislature vested the pension board with full power and authority to determine any inquiry as to who are entitled to the benefit of the act, and made its conclusion final; and the legislature had the power to pass such act.</p>