State Ex Rel. Eckroth v. Borge

The plaintiffs, Georg’e Eckroth and Margaretha Eckroth, husband and wife, petitioned the district court of Morton county for a writ of mandamus directing the members of the Public Welfare Board of North Dakota to grant and pay to each of the petitioners from the North Dakota Old Age Assistance Fund an amount not less than $30 per month, under the provisions of chapter 211, N. D. Session Laws 1937, as amended by the initiated measure approved at the general election held on November 8, 1937. The trial court dismissed the petition and the plaintiffs appeal. The determination of the controversy…