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Welborn v. Railroad Retirement Board

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Oct 16, 1945
151 F.2d 448 (5th Cir. 1945)

Opinion

No. 11375.

October 16, 1945.

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Georgia; E. Marvin Underwood, Judge.

Action by Lemuel Eugene Welborn against the Railroad Retirement Board. From an adverse judgment, the plaintiff appeals in forma pauperis.

Affirmed.

Charles W. Anderson, of Atlanta, Ga., for appellant.

Myles F. Gibbons, of Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before SIBLEY, HUTCHESON, and LEE, Circuit Judges.


A careful examination of the record on which the Board based its decision makes it completely clear that the Board's findings have a substantial basis in the record and that appellant sought below, and seeks here, not a determination of whether they had, but in effect a trial de novo.

South v. Railroad Retirement Board, 5 Cir., 131 F.2d 748, certiorari denied 317 U.S. 701, 63 S.Ct. 525, 87 L.Ed. 561; and Gardner v. Railroad Retirement Board, 5 Cir., 148 F.2d 935, settle it that this may not be done. On the authority of those cases, the judgment is

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Welborn v. Railroad Retirement Board

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Oct 16, 1945
151 F.2d 448 (5th Cir. 1945)
Case details for

Welborn v. Railroad Retirement Board

Case Details

Full title:WELBORN v. RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

Court:Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: Oct 16, 1945

Citations

151 F.2d 448 (5th Cir. 1945)

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