Napa State Hospital v. Flaherty

COOPER, C.

— The court below made an order sustaining defendant’s demurrer to the amended complaint, and this appeal is from the judgment, for the purpose of reviewing the order.

The complaint alleges that one John L. Flaherty, the son of defendant, was duly committed to the state insane asylum at Napa by order of the superior court, where he was regularly detained, supported, and maintained in pursuance of said order; that he had not, at the date of said commitment, and has not since, had any wife, child, or children of sufficient pecuniary ability to support him at said asylum, and that…