Wilkie v. O'Connor

The appellant, by petition dated March 29, 1940, commenced this proceeding to obtain an alternative mandamus order to show cause why the commissioner of public welfare of Seneca county should not deliver to petitioner a check for $24.50, being the amount of “ Old age assistance,” under the Public Welfare Law, which petitioner had been receiving for some time.

The commissioner’s answer alleges that petitioner, despite all efforts to dissuade him, insists upon his right to sleep under an old barn, in a nest of rags to which he has to crawl upon his hands and knees. The answer further alleges…