Powers v. State Dept. of Public Health & Welfare

*24HUNTER, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal by the State Department of Public Health and Welfare from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Platte County, Missouri, holding that the decision of appellant’s director was arbitrary and unreasonable in finding that respondent, Mrs. Anna E. Powers, owned real property not furnishing shelter for her which had a current market value of $750.00 or more and hence was properly removed from the old age assistance rolls.

The pertinent evidence essentially is neither controverted nor conflicting. Anna E. Powers is seventy years of age and an unemployed widow.…