DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. PHILLIPS

No. 18902.

347 F.2d 795 (1965)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. Gordon Allison PHILLIPS, committee of James H. Hatton, Patient, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 13, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Mr. Gordon Allison Phillips, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, Senior Circuit Judge, and WASHINGTON and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The District of Columbia brought this action for reimbursement under 21 D.C. CODE § 307 (1961) for funds expended in caring for appellee's ward, James H. Hatton, following his civil commitment pursuant to 21 D.C.CODE § 314 (1961).1 The expenses were incurred between August 5, 1947, the time of the commitment, and April 29, 1952, at which time Hatton was transferred to the rolls of the Veterans Administration. A committee...

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