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STATE EX REL. DOROTHEA DIX HOSPITAL v. DAVIS

No. 81.

232 S.E.2d 698 (1977)

292 N.C. 147

STATE of North Carolina ex rel. DOROTHEA DIX HOSPITAL v. Earl William DAVIS and Leonard Massey, Guardian of Earl William Davis.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 7, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Parks H. Icenhour, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellee.

Joseph B. Huff, Marshall, for defendant-appellant.

MOORE, Justice.

Defendant Davis's appeal raises two basic questions. First, does G.S. 143-117, which requires "[a]ll persons admitted to Dorothea Dix Hospital . . . to pay the actual cost of their care, treatment, training and maintenance . . .," apply to persons who were committed to the hospital under the provisions of Article 11, Chapter 122, of the North Carolina General Statutes (as it appeared in the 1964 Replacement Volume and the 1973 Cumulative Supplement...

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