State Board of Control v. Banski

The State Board of Control first contends that the court erred in not adjudging its claim to be a preferred claim which must be paid first out of the incompetent's estate, and that, in any event, so much of its claim as relates to the maintenance of the incompetent, subsequent to August 9, 1935, when ch. 336, Laws of 1935, went into effect, should be allowed as a preferred claim.

So much of said ch. 336 (now sec. 46.10 (7) Stats.), as requires present consideration, is as follows :

“The actual per capita cost, as defined by rule of the state board of control, of maintenance furnished an inmate…