Cochran

This is an action brought by the trustees of the Whittier State School against the county of Los Angeles to recover the sum of three thousand and sixty-four dollars and five cents, with interest thereon, being one-half of the cost of keeping and taking care of certain minors committed to said school under the provisions of the Whittier State School act.

The defendant demurred to the complaint, and, the demurrer being overruled, answered. The case was then tried and judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiffs according to the prayer of the complaint. From that judgment defendant appealed upon the judgment-roll; and its only contention is that the complaint did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, and hence its demurrer should have been sustained.

It is alleged in the complaint “that at the instance and under and pursuant to the judgments and -orders, duly made and given, of the superior court of said Los Angeles county, there were committed to said Whittier State School the following minors, hereinafter named, who were inmates of said school under the commitments of said court, and were received at the dates and cared for during the times and periods set…