State Ex Rel. Hennepin County Welfare Board v. Fitzsimmons

Dell, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on August 16, 1952, quashing an alternative writ of mandamus issued on January 18, 1952, and dismissing the proceeding. '

On August 14,1935, Congress enacted the federal Social Security Act. It provided for the administration of the program by agencies established or to be established by the several states but with the general supervision of the program in the federal government. The Social Security Board (now Administrator) was authorized to establish requirements for such methods of administration as were found to be necessary for the…