GREEN v. RIBICOFF

Civ. A. No. 2372.

201 F.Supp. 721 (1961)

Florence Mae GREEN v. Abraham A. RIBICOFF, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare.

United States District Court S. D. Mississippi, S. D.

December 31, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Estes, Jr., Gulfport, Miss.

Leonard Melvin, Jr., Laurel, Miss., for plaintiff.

Robert E. Hauberg, U. S. Atty., Jackson, Miss.

Edwin R. Holmes, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendant.


MIZE, Chief Judge.

The record in this case presents a controversy between Florence Mae Green and Ellen Green as to which one is the lawful widow of Willie Green and which one is entitled to the benefits of social security. There is practically no controversy in the testimony, but the record presents strictly a question of Mississippi law.

Florence Mae Green, petitioner, entered into a ceremonial marriage on October...

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