State Department of Social Welfare v. Hockett

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harvey, C. J.:

This appeal involves the validity of a statutory claim for the maintenance, care and treatment of Cornelius Thomas Hockett, an incompetent person, at the Larned State Hospital filed November 22, 1952, by the State Department of Social Welfare of Kansas in the estate of Cornelius Thomas Hockett, an incompetent, in the probate court of Wyandotte County. The claim covers two periods of time: from August 18, 1949, to July 14, 1950, at 47% weeks, at $5. per week, amounting to $236.43; and, from November 3, 1951, to September 30, 1952, 47%…