Jennings v. Davidson County

We granted certiorari in this case because the determinative question has not heretofore been expressly decided by the appellate courts of this State and the question is of public importance.

As a predicate to the legal questions involved, the following facts should be stated. October 20, 1926, Josephine Mosley, now deceased, became an inmate of the Davidson County Hospital for paupers and insane persons. She remained there until November 13,1958, when she was removed to General Hospital in the City of Nashville. She died in November, 1958.

She remained a pauper patient until October, 1957,…