Ross v. County Court of Marion County

This is a mandamus proceeding to compel the county court to make an order allowing petitioner the sum of $20 a month from the moneys of said county for the support of herself and child, under the provisions of section 27-1301, et seq., Oregon Code 1930.

The alternative writ of mandamus shows, in substance, that petitioner, a woman, has one child under the age of sixteen years; that her husband died January 12, 1929; that petitioner and her child are dependent wholly upon petitioner’s labor for their support; that the child has no property of its own; that petitioner and her husband, the father…