Commonwealth v. Kerstetter

Potter, P. J.,

17th judicial district, specially presiding, From the files in this case it appears that some five years ago or more proceedings were had in this court in order to compel the children of Martin L. Kerstetter to pay for his maintenance in the State Hospital for the Insane, at Danville, Pa. These proceedings were brought in the Common Pleas by the Commonwealth and by the Overseers of the Poor of Anthony Township under and by virtue of the provisions of the Act of June 1, 1915, P. L. 661.

On July 27, 1917, an opinion was filed by the court and a decree was entered requiring the…