West Buffaloe Township v. Walker Township
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL from the court of quarter sessions of Centre county, which affirmed the order of removal of Benjamin Troy, a pauper, from Walker township, Centre county, to West Buffaloe township, Union county.
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APPEAL from the court of quarter sessions of Centre county, which affirmed the order of removal of Benjamin Troy, a pauper, from Walker township, Centre county, to West Buffaloe township, Union county. Upon the hearing before the court of quarter sessions, Walker township was permitted to give parol evidence of the fact that Benjamin Troy was bound by indenture and served in West Buffaloe township, without giving sufficient evidence of the loss of the indenture ; and upon this evidence they affirmed the order of removal.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Kennedy, J.
Although we think the evidence was not sufficient to show that Benjamin Troy, the pauper, gained a settlement in Walker township by a hiring and service under the same, yet we also think that the evidence adduced to prove that he had acquired such right in West Buffaloe township, by having lived therein as an apprentice under an indenture executed for that purpose, was insufficient, and not the best that might, for aught that appears, have been procured. And consequently the order of removal from Walker township to West Buffaloe township…
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