Legal Opinion
Pennhurst State School v. Estate of Goodhartz
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided May 4, 1964PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Jacobs, J.
The Atlantic County Court dismissed the plaintiff’s complaint, without prejudice. The Appellate Division affirmed and we certified on the plaintiff’s application. 40 N. J. 510 (1963).
The plaintiff in its complaint alleged that it is an instrumentality of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and that Irvin Goodhartz, a mental incompetent, was placed in its care and custody in 1940 and has so continued to date. It further alleged that the decedent Samuel Goodhartz, who died in 1957, was the father of Irvin and that his estate is responsible for the…
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- Department of Mental Hygiene v. KirchnerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1964
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