County of Los Angeles v. Payne

The petition in this matter shows that the board of supervisors of the county of Los Angeles in its budget for the fiscal year 1936-37 made an appropriation of approximately $3,500,000 for the aid and relief of indigents within said county. Before the 12th day of March, 1937, the county had expended for the purpose for which it was appropriated all of said sum with the exception of approximately $250,000, and this unexpended balance, on the date last mentioned, had been encumbered by outstanding unpaid contracts and obligations to its full extent, leaving the said county wholly destitute of…