Poindexter v. Folsom

BIGGS, Chief Judge.

The plaintiffs, Doris O. Poindexter and her daughter Patricia, claim benefits under the Old Age and Survivors’ Insurance Benefits Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 401 et seq. The referee determined that Doris was not the legal widow of the deceased wage earner, Jerome Poindexter, and denied the claims. The Appeals Counsel of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare denied the plaintiffs’ appeal. They then instituted suit in the court below pursuant to Sec. 205(g) of the Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 405(g), to review the decision of the referee. The district court found that there was…