Bradford Township v. Goshen Township
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Court of Quarter Sessions of Clearfield county : No. 232, to January Term 1868. This was an application and complaint made to two justices of the peace on the 6th of July 1867, by the overseers of Bradford township to remove Neely Green, a pauper, to Goshen township. On the 12th of July, the justices decided that Goshen township was the last place of the pauper’s residence and granted an order to remove him there.
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Appeal from the Court of Quarter Sessions of Clearfield county : No. 232, to January Term 1868. This was an application and complaint made to two justices of the peace on the 6th of July 1867, by the overseers of Bradford township to remove Neely Green, a pauper, to Goshen township. On the 12th of July, the justices decided that Goshen township was the last place of the pauper’s residence and granted an order to remove him there. On the same day, Goshen township appealed to the Court of Quarter Sessions. A very large amount of testimony ■ was taken in the Quarter Sessions by an examiner…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Strong, J.
This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Quarter Sessions, vacating an order for removal of a pauper, made by two justices of the peace. It is accompanied by a certiorari to bring up the record. It is almost needless to say that in such a case no appeal can be taken to this court. The 19th section of the Act of June 13th 1836, enacts that “ any person aggrieved by an order of removal made by magistrates may appeal to the next Court of Quarter Sessions for the county from which such poor person may be removed and not elsewhere, and if…
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