State of California, Department of Mental Hygiene v. Copus

The State of California, petitioner, sued respondent, Dale W. Copus, now domiciled in Texas, for money expended by the State in the care, support and maintenance of. his mother, an incompetent inmate of a state institution. A judgment for the full .amount sued for was reversed and rendered by the Court of Civil Appeals. 301 S.W. 2d 217. We concur in the holding of the Court of Civil Appeals that no recovery can be had for support furnished after respondent removed to and became domiciled *198in this state. But we disagree with the conclusion that the Texas two-year statute of limitation would…