Gleason v. Board of County Commissioners

*633The opinion of the court was delivered by

West, J.:

The plaintiff, alleging that he has resided in the state more than fifteen years and in the county more than ten years and is destitute of means of support and has no near relatives who are financially able to support him, and that he has lost the sight of both eyes and is otherwise by reason of disease and infirmities and his great age unable to perform any labor, has demanded of the county board that he be granted a pension sufficient for his maintenance, compliance with which request being refused he prays may be compelled by mandamus. The…