Redmon v. Davis

CERTAIN old age pensioners sought to have declared unconstitutional section 10 of the Old Age Pension Act, S.L. '37, chapter 201, page 885, as amended by S.L. '39, page 461, providing funeral and burial expenses for a recipient. The trial court declined to so hold, and its judgment is here for review.

Amended section 10 of the act provides:

"On the death of the recipient reasonable funeral and burial expenses not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall be paid by the county department if the estate of the deceased is insufficient to pay such reasonable funeral and burial expenses and the…