Waits' Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Barnes,

This appeal raises the question of the right of the Commonwealth to recover, from the estate of a deceased beneficiary, the total amount of “old age assistance” payments made to him under the acts of January 18, 1934 (Special Session), P. L. 282, and June 25, 1936, P. L. 28.

The Department of Public Assistance, on behalf of the Commonwealth, filed a claim against the estate of William N. Waits, deceased, for $756.00 representing the aggregate amount of monthly assistance payments made to the decedent from December, 1934, to May, 1937. The balance of the estate for…