STONE v. BREWSTER

No. 20079.

399 F.2d 554 (1968)

Joseph M. STONE, Executor of the Will of Elna H. Wharton, Deceased, Appellant, v. Agnes Wharton BREWSTER, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 6, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Warren Woods, Washington, D. C., for appellant. Mr. Bruce E. Mitchell, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellant.

Mr. Richard A. Mehler, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Lawrence S. Schaffner, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, McGOWAN and LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judges.


BAZELON, Chief Judge:

By statute before 1962 the Commissioners of the District of Columbia were required to render public assistance to aged or infirm indigents, and were authorized in certain circumstances to seek reimbursement from designated relatives.1 In the District of Columbia Public Assistance Act of 19622 the authority to sue certain relatives for support payments was extended to the indigent dependents...

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