State Ex Rel. Lewis & Clark County v. State Board of Public Welfare

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JAMES T. HARRISON

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

The State Board of Public Welfare, hereinafter called the Board, appeals from a writ of mandamus issued by the district court of Lewis and Clark County commanding the Board to pay Lewis and Clark County, hereinafter called the County, $858.57.

The facts out of which this case arose present a unique situation and, briefly, are as follows. A thirteen year old minor girl ran away from her home in another state and accompanied a young man to Helena, Montana, where she associated with different men during a one month period. From…