State ex rel. Eastern State Psychiatric Hospital v. Estate of Rainey

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 claimed due and owing prior to the death of Mae Luntsford Rainey’s aunt, Cora Manley, on January 9, 1968. The court finds that said Mae Luntsford Rainey…