Central Hospital for Insane v. Adams
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM WILSON Appeal from the Chancery Court of Wilson County. —J. W. Stout, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice FaNCHee
This suit was instituted by the Central Hospital for the Insane against A. A. Adams, guardian, to recover compensation for keeping defendant’s ward, who is a lunatic,' as an inmate of said hospital for the insane. A portion of the account is not within sis years prior to the bringing of suit, and the defendant pleads the *431statute of limitations on that portion of the account. Complainant takes the position that the hospital for the insane is an agency of the State, and as such no statute of limitations will run against it. -
The authorities in the main concur in holding that local public…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- US Bank v. PLANTERS'BANKSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- Maia's Adm'r v. Eastern State HospitalSupreme Court of Virginia · 1899
- Williamson v. Louisville Industrial School of ReformCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1894
- Brown v. Trustees of SchoolsIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
- Moody v. State Prison.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1901
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- Wood v. Cannon CountyCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1942
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