Bertch v. Social Welfare Department

CARTER, J.-

— This is an appeal from a judgment of the superior court denying a petition for a writ of mandate to review an administrative order of the State Social Welfare Board.

Appellants, at all times here pertinent, have been and are members of a religious society named Christ’s Church of the Golden Rule. The members of the church live together in a seminary or home owned by the church, located in the city and county of San Francisco, and share with each other everything they possess. In the petition it is alleged that they receive the necessities of life to the extent of an average of $17…