Legal Opinion
Whitworth, Adm'r v. Department of Mental Hygiene
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided March 17, 1960No. [No. 158, September Term, 1959.]PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHorney, J.
This appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Allegany County in favor of the Department of Mental Hygiene against the Estate of Harry E. Kooken, deceased, for the balance claimed to be due for maintenance and support while the deceased was a patient at Springfield State Hospital involves a construction of Section 5 of Article 59 of the Code of 1957 and subsequent amendments thereof.
The facts were stipulated. By its decree dated July 25, 1940, the Circuit Court for Allegany County appointed the father and mother of the incompetent, Harry E. Kooken, trustees to take charge of and manage…
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