Johnson v. Department of Public Aid

This is an appeal from a judgment order entered in the Circuit Court of Cook County requiring the Illinois Department of Public Aid to pay to the plaintiffs $234.90, representing six (6) welfare payments wrongfully withheld during the months of May, June, July, August, September and October of 1969.

In June of 1966, Marilyn Richards, one of Esther Johnson’s minor children, was injured in a fall. A law suit filed on her behalf resulted in a settlement. An order required that a portion of the settlement be deposited in a bank account subject to the further order of the court.

Before and during…