Rowe v. Department of Mental Hygiene

This is an appeal from a judgment for $2,681.54 rendered* against Phyllis N. Rowe, the appellant, for her husband’s medical care and maintenance while he was confined at Spring Grove-State Hospital, and later at Clifton T. Perkins Hospital.

Mrs. Rowe’s husband, Willis Rowe, was indicted for murder in June of 1958. In November of 1958, as a result of a pretrial medical examination, upon motion of his attorney, he was-committed to Spring Grove State Hospital until his recovery. In January 1960 he was transferred to Clifton T. Perkins State-Hospital and remained there until 1962 when he was…