Rose v. Beaver County
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 112, April T., 1902, by plaintiffs, from decree of C. P. Beaver Co., March T., 1902, No. 4, on bill in equity in case of Jacob A. Rose et al. v. Beaver County et al. Bill in equity for an injunction. Before Willson, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was the decree of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beaveb, J.,
In pursuance of the provisions of the Act of assembly of March 29, 1851, P. L. 260, the commissioners named therein purchased a tract of land upon which buildings for the accommodation of the poor of Beaver county were subsequently erected, title to which was taken- in the name of “ The Directors of the Poor and of the House of Employment for the County of Beaver.”
The 4th section of the said act provided: “That the said directors, as soon as may be after their election and organization as aforesaid, shall make an estimate of the probable expense of purchasing the lands…
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