Walker v. Altmeyer

CHASE, Circuit Judge.

This action was brought under § 205(g), of the Social Security Act Amendments of 1939, 42 U.S:C.A. § 405(g), to compel the payment of primary insurance benefits after these had been denied by the Social Security Board. John E. Walker, the plain-' tiff, reached the age of sixty-five on October 4, 1938, and applied to the Social Security Board for a lump sum payment under the Social Security Act of 1935, 42 U.S.C.A. § 301 et seq. His application was granted and he received a payment of $107.80. Thereafter, on January 3, 1940, he filed another application for monthly…