Wimer v. Overseers of the Poor
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error do the Court of Common Pleas of Butler county Of October and November Term 1883, No. 186. Feigned issue upon the opening of judgment on a bond and warrant of attorney, wherein the overseers of the poor of "Worth township were plaintiffs, and Samuel Wimer was defendant, to determine the question of defendant’s liability.
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Error do the Court of Common Pleas of Butler county Of October and November Term 1883, No. 186. Feigned issue upon the opening of judgment on a bond and warrant of attorney, wherein the overseers of the poor of "Worth township were plaintiffs, and Samuel Wimer was defendant, to determine the question of defendant’s liability. Said bond was executed by said defendant to the plain tiffs, in the penal sum of $3,000, the condition of which was as follows : “That if the above bounden Samuel Wimer, his heirs, executors or administrators, shall and do well and truly pay, or cause to be paid unto the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trunkey
The bond and release evidence an agreement between Wimer and the overseers of the district, that Wimer would pay fifteen hundred dollars in annual payments of one hundred and fifty dollars, for which the district would support Eleanor Ilines during life, and at her death provide for her burial. At the *320date of this transaction, Eleanor Hines, by due adjudication, was a pauper and a charge upon the poor district of Worth ; and Wiiner was bound by contract with her to maintain her during life, and at her death pay the expenses of her burial. It is admitted that the district maintained her while…
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