Case Name: Watkins Estate
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1974-12-05
Citations: 458 Pa. 662
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 98
Parties: Watkins Estate.
Judges: Before Jones, O. J., Eagen, O’Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix and Manderino, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 458
Pages: 662–663

Head Matter:
Watkins Estate.
Argued October 3,1974.
Before Jones, O. J., Eagen, O’Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix and Manderino, JJ.
reargument refused January 24, 1975.
John M. Duff, Deputy Attorney General, with him Janet Mosehetta, Assistant Attorney General, and Israel Packet, Attorney General, for appellant.
Jerome Hahn, for appellee.
December 5, 1974:

Opinion:
Opinion
Per Curiam,
In this action, the Commonwealth seeks to recover from an incompetent's estate the cost of the incompetent's maintenance since his commitment in 1953 to Par-view State Hospital. The Orphans' Court of Washington County denied the claim. We affirm on the basis of our decision in Downing Estate, 458 Pa. 553, 330 A.2d 530 (1974).
Decree affirmed. Costs on the Commonwealth.
To the extent that the Commonwealth seeks to satisfy its claim from funds received by the estate as Veterans' Administration benefits, recovery is barred by Chojnacki Estate, 397 Pa. 596, 156 A.2d 812 (1959), cert. denied, 363 U.S. 826, 80 S. Ct. 1595 (1960).