Legal Opinion
Breault v. Heckler
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 21, 1985No. Cal. No. 603, Docket 84-6258PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge.
In July 1978 Alphena Breault, an elderly widow, gave a check to a garage, believing there was sufficient money in her account to cover the check. The check bounced. Unbeknownst to Mrs. Breault, the Social Security Administration had required her bank to pay it an amount allegedly equivalent to four social security payments to Mr. Breault made and deposited after his death, and the bank, without notice to Mrs. Breault, had debited her checking and savings accounts in that amount. Mrs. Wade, another elderly widow, had her account debited in the same manner. The…
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