Startup v. Harmon
Utah Supreme Court
Original proceeding in mandamus by George A. Startup against Jesse Harmon and others, as County Commissioners of Utah County.
1Opinion of the CourtThurman, J.
This is an original proceeding in mandamus, praying that a peremptory writ of mandate issue, commanding the defendants, as county commissioners of Utah County, to provide annual funds, not exceeding $10,000 in any one year, to be expended for the partial support of widowed mothers who are dependent upon their own efforts for the maintenance of their children. Plaintiff prays for such other judgment or order as may be legal and proper.
The application for the writ is founded upon the provisions of Comp. Laws Utah 1917, § 3960, as amended in chapter 77, Sess. Laws Utah 1919, which section reads…
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