State Ex Rel. Wilson v. Weir

This is an original application for a writ of mandate. Its purpose is to compel the respondent board of county commissioners to pay to relator by warrant or cheek relief awarded to him under Chapter 82, Laws of 1937. The facts from which the controversy arose are these:

Relator, a citizen of the United States and a resident of Cascade county for more than four years, applied for general relief under Chapter 82. He was granted assistance under Part II of the Act. Instead of issuing to him a warrant or check, he was placed in an institution in Cascade county known as County Poor Farm No. 2. He…