State v. Waddill

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

The State of Texas brought suit against the beneficiaries and the executors of the community estate of Ella Waddill and John S.Waddill, both deceased, seeking reimbursement from such estate, under the provisions of Article 3196a, Vernon’s Ann. Civ.St., for the support, maintenance and treatment furnished Johnnie Waddill, son of Ella and John S. Waddill, by the State Hospital System.

The State alleged that Johnnie Waddill had been adjudged a person of unsound mind and was admitted to the State institution on 3 July 1937, where he had been a patient to 21 May 1954, which…