ESSEX COUNTY WELFARE BOARD v. HELLAMS


103 N.J. Super. 438 (1968)

247 A.2d 491

ESSEX COUNTY WELFARE BOARD, A CORPORATE ENTITY OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. MICHAEL HELLAMS, AN INFANT THROUGH HIS GUARDIAN, LOUISE HELLAMS, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided November 8, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Felix A. Martino argued the cause for appellant (Mr. John A. Matthews, Jr., attorney).

Mr. Eldridge Hawkins argued the cause for respondent (Annamay T. Sheppard, of counsel).

Before Judges SULLIVAN, FOLEY and LEWIS.


PER CURIAM.

The trial court, in an opinion reported at 98 N.J.Super. 181 (Cty. Ct. 1967), held that the Essex County Welfare Board was not entitled to repayment of welfare funds advanced for the support of the infant defendant herein out of a trust fund bank account representing the net proceeds of the settlement of a personal injury claim of said infant.

We affirm, but solely on the ground that the Welfare...

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