State Ex Rel. County Welfare Board v. Starke Circuit Court

Because these cases involve the same parties and subject matter, and present the same question for our determination, they are here consolidated and so treated in this opinion.

In Case No. 29,617 relators seek a writ of prohibition prohibiting respondents from enforcing an order entered, sua sponte, on December 4, 1957, requiring the Starke County Welfare Board and the director thereof to make available for the court’s inspection “all the case histories and all other relevant papers connected with the administration of the welfare program in Starke County,” Indiana, in order that respondent…