Overseers of Poor of Forks in Northampton County v. Overseers of Poor of Catawessa in Northumberland County
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
A slave has a settlement in where his'master resides, -which is bound in the first instance to support him, though it may have a remedy over against the master or his estate. So in the case of a manumitted slave, who has not acquired a settlement elsewhere, after his manumission.
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A slave has a settlement in where his'master resides, -which is bound in the first instance to support him, though it may have a remedy over against the master or his estate. So in the case of a manumitted slave, who has not acquired a settlement elsewhere, after his manumission. Vide act of 29th March 1803, sec. 28. 5 St. Laras 536. THE pauper, Samuel Williamson, his wife and two JL children, were removed by an order of two Justices from the township of Catazvessa to the township of Forks; and upon appeal to the Quarter Sessions of Northumberlandj the order of removal was confirmed, and the…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
delivered the court’s opinion.
Samuel Williamson, a pauper, and Elizabeth his wife, with their two children, were 'removed by an order of two justices of the peace of Northumberland county, from Catawessa township in the said county, to Forks township in the county of Northampton. The overseers of Forks, appealed to the Quarter Sessions of Northumberland county, who affirmed the order of removal, and their proceedings have been brought before this court by certiorari.
It appears that the pauper was the slave of John Arndt, deceased, of Forks township, who recorded him as such, of…
2Cited by1 opinion
- Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the PoorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1820