Sogn v. Clark County

MO'RIARTY, C.

Action by Clark county to recover from the estate of Thomas G. Thompson, deceased, the amount expended by said county for treatment and maintenance of decedent in the State Hospital ’at Yankton. There is no dispute as to the facts. -Thompson was regularly committed to the State Hospital on May 5, 1899, and remained there until 1922, when he died intestate. During that time Clark county expended for his treatment and maintenance sums which on the date of his death amounted to $4,537.20.

When he was committed to the State Hospital, Thompson’s property consisted of a quarter section…