Lane v. Railroad Retirement Board

McAllister, circuit judge.

Petitioners seek review 1 of the findings of the Railroad Retirement Board that Edward Everett Lane, deceased, was not, on August 29, 1935, “in the employment relation” to an employer, the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Company, as those terms are defined in the Act, and that, consequently, he was not entitled to an annuity, under its provisions.

The facts briefly are as follows: Lane had been actively employed as a locomotive engineer by the above named railroad for some years prior to October, 1931, and during that month, he stopped working because of ■ ill…