County of Humboldt v. Stern

This was an agreed case, submitted to the court below without action, pursuant to section 1138 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

The stipulated facts are, briefly, as follows: Humboldt County had a claim against the state for the support of abandoned orphans, half-orphans, foundlings, and aged indigents, under an act approved March 25, 1880, (Stats. 1880, p. 13,) and acts amendatory thereof in 1883 (Stats. 1883, pp. 57-380). The amount of the claim was about ten thousand dollars. The board of supervisors, being desirous of collecting it, solicited the opinion of the district attorney as to…