Mary S. Cooper v. Railroad Retirement Board

RIDGE, Circuit Judge.

Petition to review a decision of the Railroad Retirement Board, denying petitioner’s application for a widow’s insurance annuity made pursuant to § 5(a) of the Railroad Retirement Act (45 U.S. C.A. § 228e(a)) (Act) on the ground that petitioner and the employee were not living together as “members of the same household” at the time of his death. Right to such review is authorized by § 11 of the Act, as amended August 28, 1958. (45 U.S.C.A. § 228k) and § 5(f) •of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C.A. § 355(f)).

Section 5(a) of the Railroad Retirement Act,…