IN RE ESTATE OF GLASS

No. 39,080

175 Kan. 246 (1953)

262 P.2d 934

In the Matter of the Estate of Lucy Glass, Deceased. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF KANSAS, Appellant, v. COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK, Executor, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed November 7, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles V. Hamm, of Topeka, argued the cause, and Harold R. Fatzer, attorney general, Paul E. Wilson, assistant attorney general, and Hart Workman, of Topeka, were with him on the brief for the appellants.

Marion C. Miller, of Kansas City, Kansas, argued the cause, and was on the brief for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

THIELE, J.:

This appeal presents the question whether the claim of the state department of social welfare against a parent for the support of incompetent children committed to a state hospital survives the death of the parent and may be proved as a demand against the parent's estate. For convenience we shall refer hereafter to the parties as the petitioner and the executor.

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