State Ex Rel. Department of Public Welfare v. Circuit Court

On January 7, 1948, Frank Lambert, “in his own behalf and in behalf of all persons having claims to trust funds held in trust by the defendants, or any of them, as a class,” instituted an action in the Jay Circuit Court against the State Department of Public Welfare, the County Department of Public Welfare of Jay County, and said departments jointly as “representing all the other Departments of Public Welfare of all of the other counties within the State of Indiana, as a class.” The plaintiff alleges that the County Department of Public Welfare of Jay County holds $599 for him, in trust, to…