Long before the American Disabilities Act was passed, one county official, specifically Lassen County Superior Court Judge Harry D. Burroughs went the extra mile so to speak to accommodate a court litigant.
In October 1929, a World War I veteran involved in a divorce proceeding was physically unable to climb the stairs to the courtroom, and no one was able to carry him. Thus, Burroughs held court on the front lawn of the courthouse. The veteran had suffered from a gas attack by the Germans, and for the last ten years he was still unable to lift his hand to his head. At the time of the court proceeding he was residing at Wendel, hoping vapor baths from the hot springs would aid in his recovery.