Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor
Armstrong County Court of Quarter Sessions
Error to the Quarter Sessions of Armstrong County. Appeal of the overseers of East Franklin township from an order of Joseph S. Smith and Thomas B. Faulk, two justices, directing the removal of Sarah Jane Neal from Washington township to East Franklin township, Armstrong county.
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Error to the Quarter Sessions of Armstrong County. Appeal of the overseers of East Franklin township from an order of Joseph S. Smith and Thomas B. Faulk, two justices, directing the removal of Sarah Jane Neal from Washington township to East Franklin township, Armstrong county. On the hearing in the Court below before Neale, P. J., the following facts appeared: Sarah Jane Neal was born in East Franklin township, Armstrong county, September 6, 1847, on a farm on which her father, John Neal, had lived for many years. On April 10, 1854, John Neal bought a farm in Washington township, and…
1Opinion of the Court
— Pee Ctteiam :
How it would have been had the change of residence of the father from Washington to Franklin been during the minority of his daughter, it is unnecessary to decide. Here that change took place after her arrival at full age. She could not be considered as a member of his family, and her father’s act could not affect her status as a pauper.
Judgment affirmed.
2Cited by1 opinion
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