In Re Idleman's Commitment

The sole issue presented by this appeal is the validity of 1931 Session Laws, chapter 187, the title of which is: “Requiring payment by the estate and/or relatives, who are financially able to do so, for the care and maintenance of insane and feeble-minded persons committed to state institutions, and requiring counties to pay for maintenance in certain cases; to be administered by the state board of control, and providing an appropriation therefor.” Section 1 of the act provides that if any person committed to a state institution for the insane or the feeble-minded “or a close relative of…