MINEFIELD v. RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

No. 15092.

217 F.2d 786 (1954)

Willie Mae MINEFIELD, Widow of Lige Minefield, Petitioner, v. RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 29, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Falvey, Jr., Longview, Tex., Nelson S. Wooddy, New Orleans, La., for petitioner.

Myles F. Gibbons, David B. Schreiber, Gen. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., Paul M. Johnson, Willis R. Barber, Chicago, Ill., of counsel, for Railroad Retirement Board.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, HOLMES, Circuit Judge, and ALLRED, District Judge.


HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a decision of the Railroad Retirement Board finding that the petitioner, Willie Mae Minefield, and her grandchild, Helen Marie Minefield, were not entitled to a widow's current insurance annuity or a child's insurance annuity under Section 5(b) and 5 (c), respectively, of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended. 45 U.S.C.A. § 228e(b, c).

In order to be entitled to a widow's current insurance annuity,...

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