Yoder's Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Parker,

The question involved in this appeal is whether a court of common pleas has the power to direct the guardian of a weakminded person to retain part of the ward’s estate for future burial expenses and emergencies, instead of applying it on a continuing claim by the Commonwealth for support and maintenance in a state institution.

John D. Yoder has been confined in the Norristown State Hospital since August 14, 1929. Pursuant to the provisions of the Act of May 28, 1907, P. L. 292, § 1, as amended (50 PS § 941), he was adjudged in 1933 to be so weak of mind that he was…