In what circumstances will the widow of a police officer who took his own life sue the California Board of Pension Commissioners for failing to consider her claim?

In Dillon v. Board of Pension Commissioners, supra, 18 Cal.2d 427, 431, 116 P.2d 37, a police officer had committed suicide in April 1934. His widow, within six months thereafter, filed her claim for a pension, claiming that disabilities suffered by her husband in the course of his duties brought about the condition of mental unbalance during which he took his life. The claim was rejected [217 Cal.App.2d 159] in February 1935. In December 1938 the widow filed mandamus proceedings. This was approximately four years after rejection and the three-year statutes of limitations, sections 312 and 338 of the

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