ESTATE OF PHIPPS

Docket No. 15142.

112 Cal.App.2d 732 (1952)

247 P.2d 409

Estate of JESSE PHIPPS, an Incompetent Person. CLARK ALLEN, as Guardian, etc., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

August 18, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Delaney, Werchick, Fishgold & Minudri and Everett P. Rowe for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Elizabeth Palmer, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


BRAY, J.

The California Department of Mental Hygiene petitioned the probate court for an order directing the guardian to pay expenses incurred for care, support and maintenance of the incompetent at the Stockton State Hospital. From an order requiring him to do so, the guardian appeals.

QUESTION PRESENTED

Can the estate of an incompetent be held liable for care at a state hospital furnished to an incompetent...

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