Overseers of the Poor of the City of Williamsport v. Overseers of the Poor of Eldred Township
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certiorari to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Lycoming county: Of May Term 1877, No. 220. This was an appeal, by the Overseers of the Poor of Eldred township, from an order of removal of Sarah Boyer, who had become chargeable to the poor district of the city of Williamsport.
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Certiorari to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Lycoming county: Of May Term 1877, No. 220. This was an appeal, by the Overseers of the Poor of Eldred township, from an order of removal of Sarah Boyer, who had become chargeable to the poor district of the city of Williamsport. It appeared that Sarah was the wife of George Boyer, who owned real estate in Eldred township at and prior to the year 1867. On the 10th of September 1869, upon application by said Sarah, a decree of divorce a mensa et thoro was made by the Court of Common Pleas of Lycoming county, with alimony of $150 per annum. The…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Agnew
The question presented in this record is whether a wife, who has been divorced a mensa et thoro, on account of the cruel and barbarous conduct of her husband, and indignities to her person- rendering her condition intolerable, and life burdensome, and whose husband has deserted her, and moved out of the state, can acquire a settlement in her own right, entitling her to support as a pauper. If she cannot her lot is hard indeed, when she becomes old. and feeble, and unable to support herself. But we think the effect of the divorce, which separates her from the domicile of her husband, and of…
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