South Carolina Department of Mental Health v. Estate of Guerry

Bell, Judge:

The South Carolina Department of Mental Health brought this action against the estate of Katherine Guerry to recover the cost of medical care furnished to Miss Guerry at various periods from 1947 through 1967. The circuit court held that the Department’s claims for services furnished prior to August 30, 1966, were barred by the statute of limitations. The Department appeals. We affirm.

Katherine Guerry died intestate on November 4,1981. She had been an inpatient at the Department’s facilities from March 1947 to June 1951, from July 1955 to June 1956, from December 1960 to June…