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IN RE ESTATE OF HOCKETT

No. 39,610

177 Kan. 507 (1955)

280 P.2d 573

In the Matter of the Estate of CORNELIUS THOMAS HOCKETT, Incompetent, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF KANSAS, Appellant, v. LILLIE HOCKETT, Guardian, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed March 5, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold R. Fatzer, Attorney General, Hart Workman, Charles V. Hamm, George C. Wingerson, and James S. Engle, all of Topeka, were on the briefs for the appellant.

Joseph McDowell, of Kansas City, was on the briefs for the appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

HARVEY, C.J.:

This appeal involves the validity of a statutory claim for the maintenance, care and treatment of Cornelius Thomas Hockett, an incompetent person, at the Larned State Hospital filed November 22, 1952, by the State Department of Social Welfare of Kansas in the estate of Cornelius Thomas Hockett, an incompetent, in the probate court of Wyandotte County. The claim covers two periods of time: from August...

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