In re Simpson

Application by State Attorney-General to require the substituted committee of the above-named incompetent person to pay money to Hudson River State Hospital out of the incompetent’s estate.

Incompetent is a World War veteran. Evidently the intent of Congress was to give to each disabled World War veteran hospitalization (U. S. Code, tit. 38, §§ 434, 473, 478, 479, 480, 706). In addition, each veteran whose disability results from injury while in service is entitled to compensation (§ 479).

This proceeding attempts to charge against the veteran’s accumulated compensation the lump sum “of $575…