Department of Social Welfare v. Wingo

Both parties have appealed from a judgment whereby plaintiff recovered $948 paid F. S. Wingo, deceased, during his lifetime, between May 1, 1938, and January 1, 1940, both inclusive, under the Old Age Security Law. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 2000 et seq., hereafter called the Code.)

The plaintiff ’ maintains that the judgment should be for double the amount paid deceased under the provisions of section 2223 of the Code, and defendant argues that the evidence is insufficient to support any award against defendant.

Several exhibits were introduced in evidence at the trial. While they are referred to…