Plaintiff, the widow of a police officer, has filed a complaint in mandamus against the City of Philadelphia and the award committee established under the ordinance of this city dated December 29, 1954, the award committee having denied an award to plaintiff whose husband was admittedly (under the pleadings) killed on August 16, 1956, while apprehending a criminal.
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