Mansley's Estate
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 410, Jan. T., 1915, by the Commonwealth, from order of C. P. Delaware Co., Sept. T., 1909, No. 27, dismissing petition for a rule to show cause why the guardian of the estate of a weak-minded person should not pay for the maintenance of said weak-minded person at the State hospital for the insane, in Estate of John Mansley, a weak-minded person.
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Appeal, No. 410, Jan. T., 1915, by the Commonwealth, from order of C. P. Delaware Co., Sept. T., 1909, No. 27, dismissing petition for a rule to show cause why the guardian of the estate of a weak-minded person should not pay for the maintenance of said weak-minded person at the State hospital for the insane, in Estate of John Mansley, a weak-minded person. Petition for rule to show cause why guardian of weak-minded person’s estate should not pay for maintenance of weak-minded person at State hospital. Before Broomall, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The petition was…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
The questions here raised are substantially the same as those which have been considered in the appeal of the Commonwealth, in Arnold’s Est., 253 Pa. 517, in which an opinion has just been filed. A fact, which distinguishes the present case, is, that at the time when John Mansley was. admitted to the State hospital as an “indigent insane person” he was possessed of an estate sufficient for his support. In Arnold’s Estate it was alleged that the lunatic was indigent when committed to the hospital, and that he subsequently inherited an estate. The present procedure…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Arnold's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
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