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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. GANTT

No. 87-437.

558 A.2d 1120 (1989)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. Judy A. GANTT, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 3, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin B. White, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Frederick D. Cooke, Jr., Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Lutz Alexander Prager, Asst. Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Lawrence M. Spillan, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before MACK, FERREN, and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.

FERREN, Associate Judge:

Pursuant to D.C.Code § 21-586 (1981), the District of Columbia sued to recover $94,700.56 from the estate of John Wilbur Williams for the care and maintenance of Williams' wife at St. Elizabeths Hospital from 1945 to 1982. The trial court granted summary judgment for the appellee, Judy A. Gantt, Mr. Williams' daughter and the personal representative of his estate. The court ruled that D.C.Code § 20-903(a) (1981) required the District...

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