Petrash Guardianship

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Musmanno,

Ann Petrash, a resident of Carbon County, was injured on September 12, 1963, in an automobile accident caused allegedly by the negligence of Bertrand Steele. At the time of the accident, Miss Petrash was the recipient of relief provided by the Carbon County Board of Public Assistance. This board petitioned the Court of Common Pleas of Carbon County for the appointment of a guardian to prosecute Miss Petrash’s cause *435of action against Steele so as to create a fund from which the board could reimburse itself for past expenditures in her behalf and at the same time…