County of Cook v. State

OPINION

Patchett, J.

This cause comes on for hearing upon a claim by the Claimant for reimbursement of certain expenses paid by Cook County to Cook County Public Aid employees. Under the former statutory arrangement, Ill. Rev. Stat., ch. 23, pars. 12 — 5, 12 — 18.4, and other similar statutes, the State of Illinois was to reimburse county departments of public aid for actual administrative expenses incurred in their discharge of duties in administering certain programs.

This case arose out of an award made in a case filed in the circuit court of Cook County, Merrill v. Drazk, 72 Ill. 5384. That…