IN RE GRCICH


492 Pa. 210 (1980)

423 A.2d 347

In re Vilma GRCICH. Appeal of PITTSBURGH NATIONAL BANK. In re ESTATE of Vilma GRCICH. Appeal of PITTSBURGH NATIONAL BANK.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 31, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Bryan Pizzi, II, Rosenberg, Sewak & Pizzi, Milton D. Rosenberg, Washington, for appellant.

Charles Skomski, Monessen, for appellee.

Robert S. Englesberg, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pittsburgh, amicus curiae for Dept. of Public Welfare.

Daniel J. Parent, Dist. Counsel, Pittsburgh, amicus curiae for U.S. Veterans Administration.

Before O'BRIEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFMAN, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

In Chojnacki Estate, 397 Pa. 596, 156 A.2d 812 (1959), cert. denied, 363 U.S. 826, 80 S.Ct. 1595, 4 L.Ed. 1522 (1960), this Court unanimously approved the use of veterans' benefits as authorized by the Veterans Administration for the care and maintenance of an incompetent veteran in a Commonwealth institution. In considering "`the unique nature of the fund and the statutory protections...

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