Freeman v. Railroad Retirement Board

STRUM, Circuit Judge.

Claiming to be the widow of Rufus Freeman, deceased, a completely insured railroad employee under the Railroad Retirement Act, 45 U.S.C.A., as amended July 31, 1946, petitioner Penny Freeman here seeks reversal of a decision of the Railroad Retirement Board which denied her widow’s benefits under said Act, but awarded a child’s annuity to each of four children of a reputed common law marriage between Rufus Freeman and Mary Freeman, the latter also unsuccessfully claiming to be his widow. The claim of a third putative widow, Rosa Bryant Freeman Walker, was also denied.…