DEPT. OF MENTAL HYGIENE v. ROSSE

Docket No. 6335.

187 Cal.App.2d 283 (1960)

9 Cal. Rptr. 589

DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE, Respondent, v. JOHN W. ROSSE, as Executor, etc., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District.

December 9, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Parry, Holcomb & Kassel for Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, and Herschel T. Elkins, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


SHEPARD, J.

This is an action to recover from the estates of the father and mother of a mentally ill person, the cost of her support in a state hospital. Judgment was rendered for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.

The record before us shows that March 24, 1942, the daughter of Earl Dunlap and Violet Dunlap was adjudged insane and committed to Patton State Hospital, where she has continued to be a patient ever since except for three days on parole. Violet Dunlap...

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