Commonwealth v. Baum
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 123, Jan. T., 1915, by Commonwealth, from judgment of C. P. Northumberland' Co., Sept. T., 1914, No. 579%, for defendant, on case stated, in case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. A. J. Baum, Committee of Jane Marshall, a Lunatic. Case stated to determine the liability of the committee of a'lunatic to reimburse the Commonwealth for funds expended for a lunatic’s support.
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Appeal, No. 123, Jan. T., 1915, by Commonwealth, from judgment of C. P. Northumberland' Co., Sept. T., 1914, No. 579%, for defendant, on case stated, in case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. A. J. Baum, Committee of Jane Marshall, a Lunatic. Case stated to determine the liability of the committee of a'lunatic to reimburse the Commonwealth for funds expended for a lunatic’s support. Before Moser, J. The case stated was as follows: And now, September 14, 1914, it is hereby agreed by and between the parties to the above suit that the following case stated be presented for the opinion of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Brown,
Judgment in this case was entered on a case stated. It is therein admitted that the Commonwealth has a valid claim of $1,232.29 against the estate of Jane Marshall, a lunatic, for her maintenance at one of the State hospitals for the insane, hut judgment was entered in favor of the defendant, her committee, because, in the opinion of the court below, he was entitled to claim for her the benefit of the exemption of $300 allowed by the Act of April 9, 1849, P. L. 533. The fund in the hands of the committee is now but $258.32, and whether it is to be applied in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Elwyn's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1871
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- Walters' CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
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- Commonwealth v. Montgomery Trust Co., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County1943
- Gaintner's Estate, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lancaster County1939
- Smith Estate, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Monroe County1950
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