Wallberg v. Utah Public Welfare Commission

PRATT, Chief Justice.

This proceeding was commenced under our “Declaratory Judgment” statute. It involves our Public Assistance Act of 1947, L. of U. 1947, ch. 89, page 374, as amended by L. of U. 1948, First Special Session, Ch. 9, p. 14. More particularly it is addressed to Section 19 of that act as amended, commonly known as the “Lien Law.” The matter was tried to the lower court on a stipulated set of facts. That court declared that Section 19, as amended, contravened our State Constitution, Article I, Section 24, and the Federal Constitution, Section 1 of the 14th Amendment. Apparently…