Rabe Estate

Opinion by

Mb. J ustice Pomeroy,

David Leroy Babe was adjudicated an incompetent in June of 1961, and the Mellon National Bank and Trust Company was appointed guardian of his estate. Almost nine years later, on April 23, 1970, David Babe was declared competent and the guardian was directed to file its final account.1 At the hearing on audit of the account, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania filed a claim of |5,817.90 against the former incompetent’s estate for care and maintenance provided to Babe at Torrance State Hospital during the period November, 1960 through July, 1968. On the authority of…