In Re Lewis' Estate

The attorney general, in behalf of the auditor general, petitioned the probate court for the county of Kent, in the matter of the estate of Mary T. Lewis, a mentally diseased person, for reimbursement to the State, as provided by statute, hereinafter set forth, of the expense of her continuous hospitalization from January 7,1910, to September 14,1937. The probate judge held that the claim for reimbursement, prior to August 28, 1923, was barred by the statute of limitations; the prosecuting attorney and not the attorney general was the proper officer to institute the proceeding, and the…