Case Name: State Ex Rel. v. Trustees Firemen's Pension Fund
Court: Hamilton Circuit Court
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1896
Citations: 9 Ohio Cir. Dec. 854
Docket Number: 
Parties: State Ex Rel. v. Trustees Firemen’s Pension Fund.
Judges: Swing, Cox and Smith, JJ.
Reporter: Ohio Circuit Decisions
Volume: 9
Pages: 854–854

Head Matter:
FIREMEN’S PENSIONS.
[Hamilton Circuit Court,
1896.]
Swing, Cox and Smith, JJ.
State Ex Rel. v. Trustees Firemen’s Pension Fund.
1. Person Acting as Temporary Substitute for Fireman not Entitled to Mandamus to be Placed on Pension List or for Injuries Sustained.
A person injured while serving as a substitute for another fireman temporarily absent from his post of duty, is not entitled to a writ of mandamus requiring trustees of the Firemen’s Pension Fund to place him on the pension list on account of such injuries.
2. Law of 1889 Applies Only to Regularly Appointed Substitutes.
The law of 1889, 86 O. L., 149, must be construed with reference to the rules of the board of fire commissioners, and when so construed applies only to substitutes regularly appointed under such rules.
8. Person Appointed for Temporary Duty is not such a Substitute. •
A person appointed for temporary duty is not a regularly appointed substitute member of the fire department, and is not, therelore, entitled to the benefits of the law in question.

Opinion:
Swing, J.
This case was heard on the application of relator for a writ of mandamus to compel defendant to place him on the pension list on account of injuries received while serving as a substitute for another fireman temporarily absent from his post of duty.
The court held that plaintiff was not entitled to the writ, and further that the law of 1889, 86 O. L., .149, should be construed with reference to the rules of the board of fire commissioners, and that so read, it applies only to substitutes regularly appointed under such rules, and that one appointed'for temporary duty is not a regularly appointed substitute member of said department, and therefore not entitled to its benefits.