Lara v. Board of Supervisors

Opinion

FRANSON, J.

Statement of the Case

Appellants filed against the respondent Kern County Board of Supervisors a petition for writ of mandamus and complaint for injunctive and declaratory relief on behalf of themselves and all other persons similarly situated, alleging that they represented the responsible relatives of indigent county hospital patients and the patients themselves, and challenging the legality of the county’s practice of assigning for collection debts incurred for services rendered at Kern County General Hospital. Appellants alleged that such assignments are forbidden to the…