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STATE EX REL. MENTAL HEALTH COMMISSIONER v. ESTATE OF STEPHENS

No. 1-1280A364.

426 N.E.2d 116 (1981)

STATE of Indiana, On the Relation of the Mental Health Commissioner, Appellant (Plaintiff below), v. The ESTATE OF Josephine Lucille STEPHENS, Appellee (Defendant below).

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied October 29, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Marsha Harrison, Cindy A. Ellis, Deputy Attys. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellant.

John M. Howard, Jr., Howard & Lawson, Danville, for appellee.

YOUNG, Judge.

The State of Indiana appeals the judgment in favor of the Estate of Josephine Lucille Stephens in an action brought by the Mental Health Commissioner to recover a debt owed the State for the care and maintenance of Josephine Lucille Stephens during four hospitalizations between 1949 and 1968 at Central State Hospital, a state owned facility. During the trial of the State's claim, the State called as witnesses the Medical Records Director and the Supervisor...

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