Neal v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Ann Neal (petitioner) appeals here from an order of the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) affirming the decision of the Philadelphia County Board of Assistance (CBA) to discontinue her general assistance grant because of her failure to provide the CBA with complete and accurate information.

In June of 1978 the CBA received a letter from the United States Social Security Administration which indicated that the petitioner had applied for social security cards under four different .surnames. An investigation revealed that she had married one Joseph Wendell in 1975 and one…