DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE v. A'HERN

No. 34832.

14 Ill.2d 575 (1958)

153 N.E.2d 22

THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Appellant, v. LEO A'HERN, Conservator, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 18, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, (MADALYN MAXWELL, and MURRAY F. MILNE, of counsel,) for appellant.

PEACOCK & PEACOCK, of Morris, for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal comes here from an order of the circuit court of Grundy County, wherein it was held that the Department of Public Welfare could not hold the estate of an incompetent liable, under the provisions of the Mental Health Code, for charges for care accumulated from the effective date of the act to the first date of billing. The revenue...

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