Commonwealth v. Silvestro

Flood, J.,

— This is a suit in as-sumpsit against the parents of Daniel Silvestro, who is feeble-minded and has been maintained since November 1, 1940, at Pennhurst State School, in Chester County, Pa. The State seeks to recover maintenance in the sum of $3,774.84.

*233The parents have three other children of whom one is feeble-minded and institutionalized, a twin of the boy in Pennhurst, and the other two are about 22 and 14 years of age, respectively. The father appears to earn about $77 per week and defendants own in the entireties a house valued at $5,000, upon which there is a mortgage of $300.