Hopfan v. Knauth

The city of New York, through one of its administrative agencies, i. e., the emergency relief bureau of the city of New York, distributed what is termed “ relief vouchers ” to various indigent persons to enable them to purchase food, and these food vouchers, in varying sums, were left with the family found to be in indigent circumstances. The recipient was required to go to certain designated establishments, primarily grocery stores, previously authorized by the city to accept these vouchers, and which were required to give to the recipient merchandise in the amount of each voucher. Such…