State, Department of Public Welfare v. Urban

The State Department of Public Welfare appeals from an order of the District Court of McLeod County denying a motion for amended findings of fact and conclusions of law or, in the alternative, for a new trial.

Mary A. Kucera had been, in her lifetime, a patient at St. Peter State Hospital but had been provisionally discharged on April 19, 1966. She died intestate on August 23, 1967, leaving a surviving brother, the sole heir at law. On August 30, 1967, a petition for general administration of her estate was filed in probate court for McLeod County, and respondent was appointed general…