Willard v. Hobby

KIRKPATRICK, Chief Judge.

In this civil action the plaintiffs ask the Court to reverse the Appeals Council of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and to adjudge that they are entitled to old age insurance benefits under Subchapter II of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 401 et seq.

The plaintiffs had been employed for many years as domestic servants in the home of H. Harrison Smith’s father in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. In 1925 they purchased a farm, Mr. Willard ceased to work for the Smiths and moved to the farm where he has since resided. Mrs. Willard remained at Bryn Mawr in…