#### Nicholas Berwick et al., defendants in error, v. Oscar G. Foreman et al., trustees of Police Pension Fund of City of Chicago, plaintiffs in error.

Gen. No. 24,339.

Mandamus to secure pension from police pension fund. Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charles M. Walker, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1918. Transferred to Supreme Court as involving validity of a statute.

Opinion filed December 5, 1918.

S. A. Ettelson, James W. Breen and Roy S. Gaskill, for plaintiffs in error. Joseph B. Bentel and Grant Newell, for defendants in error.

Mr. Justice McSurely

delivered the opinion of the court.