BEACH v. GOVERNMENT OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 17429.

320 F.2d 790 (1963)

Clarence N. BEACH, Appellant, v. GOVERNMENT OF the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 5, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Ford E. Young, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia, with whom Messrs. Chester H. Gray, Corporation Counsel, Milton D. Korman, Principal Asst. Corporation Counsel, and Hubert B. Pair, Asst. Corporation Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and FAHY and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.


FAHY, Circuit Judge.

This case, initiated by the District of Columbia against appellant, the father of Ellen J. Schuerger, calls for a decision regarding his liability for part of the expense of her maintenance and treatment at St. Elizabeths Hospital where she resides after commitment September 6, 1951, as of unsound mind. Appellant, who had no part in the commitment proceedings, has apparently had little contact with his daughter since 1935. In that year she was...

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