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STATE EX REL. EAST. ST. v. ESTATE OF RAINEY

490 S.W.2d 530 (1973)

STATE of Tennessee ex rel. EASTERN STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, Plaintiff-in-Error, v. ESTATE of Mae Luntsford RAINEY, Defendant-in-Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

February 5, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Pack, Atty. Gen., State of Tennessee, C. Hayes Cooney, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for plaintiff-in-error.

John M. Armistead, Egerton, McAfee, Armistead, Davis & McCord, Knoxville, for defendant-in error.

OPINION

HUMPHREYS, Justice.

Plaintiff-in-error filed a claim against the estate of Mae Luntsford Rainey for care and maintenance charges for several periods of confinement between September 23, 1961 and March 17, 1970. The executor filed a number of exceptions, only one of which was sustained, and we quote from the trial court's findings:

"The court finds as a matter of law that the State of Tennessee is not entitled to recover any of the amount...

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