Butler County v. Department of Public Charities
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 79, April T., 1900, by department of public charities of Allegheny county in suit of Butler county against department of public charities from order and decree of Q. S., Butler Co., Dec. T., 1898, No. 10, certifying the city of Allegheny in Allegheny-county as the last legal residence of Nathaniel Sefton at the time of his commitment to the hospital for the insane at Warren, Pa.
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Appeal, No. 79, April T., 1900, by department of public charities of Allegheny county in suit of Butler county against department of public charities from order and decree of Q. S., Butler Co., Dec. T., 1898, No. 10, certifying the city of Allegheny in Allegheny-county as the last legal residence of Nathaniel Sefton at the time of his commitment to the hospital for the insane at Warren, Pa. Opinion by Beaver, J. Rule granted on department of public charities of Allegheny county to show cause why the city of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, should not be certified as the place of last legal settlement…
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Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
Butler County v. Public Charities, 158 Pa. 149, was an appeal from a decree of the court of common pleas of Butler county, in which the court below refused to grant an order upon the respondent to show cause why the city of Allegheny should not be certified as the place of residence of Sefton, an inmate of the hospital for the insane at Warren, whose settlement is the subject of controversy in the present case. That case was distinctly decided upon the ground that the court of common pleas had no authority to grant the rule. The court below, in its opinion, said: “ Had…
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