Bowen v. Department of Social Security

1 Reported in 127 P.2d 682. Prior to June 7, 1941, respondent was awarded a senior citizen grant of $34 a month under initiative 141 (chapter 1, Laws of 1941, p. 3). On that date, conceiving he was entitled to $40 a month, respondent made a demand upon the director for "a fair hearing" under the provisions of § 8, p. 7 (Rem. Supp. 1941 § 9998-41), of the act, which, among other things, provides:

"It shall be the duty of the department upon receipt of suchnotice to set a date for the fair hearing, such date to be notmore than thirty days after receipt of notice." (Italics ours.)

More than thirty…