Jaley Stone Cole v. Railroad Retirement Board

SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

This is a petition to review and set aside a decision of the Railroad Retirement Board, an independent agency of the United States charged with the administration of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 (50 Stat. 307, as amended, 45 U.S.C.A. §§ 228a-228z) and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, 52 Stat. 1094, as amended, 45 U.S.C.A. §§ 351-367. The Board’s decision, under review, determined that the widow’s insurance annuity awarded under the Railroad Retirement Act to the petitioner, Mrs. Jaley Stone Cole — the widow of Thomas J. Cole, who at the time of his death…