DEPT. OF MENTAL HYGIENE v. BLACK

Docket No. 25734.

198 Cal.App.2d 627 (1961)

18 Cal. Rptr. 78

DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MAURICE BLACK, as Administrator, etc., Defendant and Appellant.

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

December 28, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel R. Tannenbaum for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, and Henry G. Ullerich, Deputy Attorney General, for plaintiff and Respondent.


LILLIE, J.

The Department of Mental Hygiene instituted this action to recover from the estate of the mother of a mentally ill person the cost of the latter's support in a state hospital. Judgment was given the department as prayed for, and defendant appeals.

The material facts are undisputed. From September 11, 1944, to May 6, 1958, the daughter was a resident patient at Camarillo State Hospital; released on...

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