Mansley's Estate

Citations

• 253 Pa. 522
• 98 A. 702
• 1916 Pa. LEXIS 882

Syllabus

<p>Lunatics — Ca/re and maintenance — Expenses — Collection by Commonwealth — Constitutional law — Constitution of Pennsylvania, Article III, Section 7.</p> <p>1. The Act of June 1, 1915, P. L. 661, authorizing the collection by the Commonwealth of the cost of maintenance of insane, feeble-minded, or other persons in institutions supported in whole or in part by the Commonwealth, applies to the entire State and is not a local law.</p> <p>2. The act, although it applies only to claims of the Commonwealth, embraces the interests of all the people, and is not a special law. ■</p> <p>3. Where a lunatic has been admitted to a State hospital as an indigent insane person, although possessed of an estate sufficient for his support, the Commonwealth may recover the sums which it has expended for the maintenance of such lunatic, from the guardian of his estate.</p>