Gibson v. Poor Dist. of Plumcreek Tp.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR TO THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF ARMSTRONG COUNTY. No. 181 October Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 92 June Term 1887, C. P. On March 22, 1887, an action of assumpsit was brought by Louis C. Gibson against the Poor District of Plumcreek township, the declaration averring the right to recover the sum of $440 borrowed by the defendant of the plaintiff on January 28, 1884, and “ laid out and expended for the use and advantage of the said defendant in discharge of the…
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ERROR TO THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF ARMSTRONG COUNTY. No. 181 October Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 92 June Term 1887, C. P. On March 22, 1887, an action of assumpsit was brought by Louis C. Gibson against the Poor District of Plumcreek township, the declaration averring the right to recover the sum of $440 borrowed by the defendant of the plaintiff on January 28, 1884, and “ laid out and expended for the use and advantage of the said defendant in discharge of the defendant’s certain debts,” etc. The declaration also contained the common counts. The defendant pleaded non assumpsit.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Chirp Justice Gordon :
The plaintiff, Lewis C. Gibson, instituted an action of assumpsit against the poor district of Plumcreek, for the purpose of recovering from that district the sum of some f440, loaned by him, on January 28, 1884, to its overseers. The facts of the case as they appear from the evidence, are as follows:
*564On June 4, 1877, an appeal was taken from an order of removal of a pauper to the said district from the Rayne Township poor district, in the county of Indiana. This appeal was finally determined by the Quarter Sessions of Armstrong, against the Plumcreek…
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