Supreme Court of New Hampshire March 29, 1967, 5530 (In Re Dockham Estate)

Duncan, J.

RSA 8:43 provides in part that the “ state is entitled to recover the expense of care, treatment and maintenance of any patient or inmate at [the New Hampshire Hospital] . . . from the patient or inmate ... or his estate . . . .” Provisions added in 1965 relate to recovery of the expense of care of inmates at the Laconia State School. Laws 1965,

c.

16; RSA 8:43 (supp).