State v. Pierce County

The legislature, in 1923, passed an act which appears as ch. 145, Laws of 1923, p. 466, relating to the admission of the insane to state hospitals and providing for the charges to be paid by persons and counties for the care and maintenance of such insane. Section 1 outlines the procedure for the examination of relatives of the insane persons for the purpose of determining the ability of the insane person, his estate or relatives; to pay for the expense of his care and maintenance while in the state hospital. If the insane person, his estate or relatives are found to have the financial…