91 P. 21 | Or. | 1907
Opinion by
This is an action brought by the County Court of Multnomah County against Xarifa J. Faling to compel her to pay to the county $30 per month for the support of her brother, Cornelius
1. Section 2654, B. & C. Comp., provides:
“Every poor person, who shall be unable to earn a livelihood in consequence of bodily infirmity, * * shall be supported by the father, mother, children, brothers or sisters of such poor person, if they or either of them be of sufficient ability; and every person who< shall fail or refuse to support his or her father, mother, child, sister or brother, when directed by the county court, * * shall forfeit and pay to the county, for the use of the poor of their county, the sum of thirty dollars per month, or such other sums as the court shall find sufficient, to be recovered in the name of the county court for the use of the poor as aforesaid before any justice of the peace or any court having jurisdiction.”
There is no averment in the complaint that the defendant has been directed by the county court to support her brother, and that she has failed or refused to comply therewith, and this is an essential prerequisite to the maintenance of the action.
For these reasons the judgment of the court below must be reversed, and the case remanded, with directions to sustain the demurrer to the complaint, and for such further proceedings as may be proper not inconsistent with this opinion.
Reversed.