DeVault v. Mitchell

CROCKETT, Justice:

Plaintiff Elaine DeVault applied for welfare assistance from the Department of Social Services on February 9, 1977, asserting that she is in necessitous circumstances and without income or resources to support herself. Her application was denied. She appealed that decision and, pursuant to a hearing on March 15, 1977,1 a hearing examiner entered findings of fact and a decision, subsequently adopted by defendant Department, which sustained the determination that her application for assistance be denied.

Plaintiff then instituted this action in the district court alleging that…