MINTER v. STATE DEPT. OF MENTAL HEALTH

19393

258 S.C. 186 (1972)

187 S.E.2d 890

Burchell B. MINTER, Administrator of the Estate of Fannie R. Minter, Respondent, v. STATE of South Carolina, DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH and William S. Hall, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

March 27, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen., and David Jackson Cooper, Jr., of Columbia, for Appellants.

Malcolm E. Rentz, Esq., of Rentz, Anders & DeBerry, Columbia, for Respondent.


March 27, 1972.

MOSS, Chief Justice.

Mrs. Fannie R. Minter, being mentally ill, was first admitted to the South Carolina State Hospital on May 20, 1930. She was released and re-admitted to the hospital from time to time and on November 1, 1936, she was re-admitted to said hospital and remained there continuously as a patient until her death on August 20, 1967.

Burchell B. Minter, the son and sole heir of Mrs. Fannie R. Minter, who died intestate, was...

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