Proffitt v. County of Christian

Appellees, ninety in number, claiming various sums under the act entitled “An act for the relief of the blind” (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1937, chap. 23, p. 295) filed in the circuit court of Christian county a bill for accounting against that county. By it they sought to collect unpaid blind-relief benefits due for various periods of time covering five years preceding the filing of the complaint. In their claim they aver that they had complied with the various sections of that act and had been accepted by the board of supervisors of Christian county as entitled to such benefits.

The prayer of the…