Thiede v. Town of Scandia Valley

Streissguth, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order overruling a demurrer to plaintiff’s complaint. The complaint incorporates, by reference, 2 certain proceedings for the determination of the plaintiff’s legal settlement for poor relief purposes. Upon this appeal, the facts as alleged in the complaint and as disclosed by such records must be accepted as true. The story so told reads like a sequel to Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath.”

Louis Thiede and Louise Thiede, the plaintiff, are husband and wife. With their six minor children, they have resided in the defendant town continuously since…