Nichols v. State Social Security Commission

This cause was certified here by the Kansas City Court of Appeals. It involves an application to the State Social Security Commission for old age assistance. Ch. 52, Art. 1, R.S. 1939. See Nichols v. State Social Security Commission (Mo. App.), 156 S.W.2d 760, where the facts are detailed. The circuit court found the award of the Commission, which denied assistance, "unreasonable, arbitrary and against the purpose and spirit of the law" and remanded the cause for further consideration. The Commission appealed. A majority of the Court of Appeals did not concur in the opinion prepared and…