Legal Opinion
Hart v. Commissioners of the District of Columbia
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 17, 1946No. 9221PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRETTYMAN, Associate Justice.
Frank C. Berens was adjudged insane and committed to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in 1910. At that time he had a wife and three daughters aged three, five, and seven years, respectively. His property consisted of a house, in which the family lived, and certain stock, upon part of which dividends were paid regularly. The court appointed the wife committee of the patient’s estate and directed that she be allowed from the estate $75 a month for her support and that of her three children.
The wife and one daughter have long since died. The other two daughters are married.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Fitzhugh v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
- Baker v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1912
- Depue v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1916
3Cited by4 opinions
- Clarence N. Beach v. Government of the District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
- Goldberg v. Howard County Welfare BoardCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1971
- Cullen v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1966
- District of Columbia v. GravesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1952