Lawrence Overseers v. Delaware Overseers
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 359, J an. T., 1891, from decree of Q. S. Clearfield Co., Feb. T., 1890, No. 26, dismissing an appeal from an order for removal of a pauper. Appeal from order of removal. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court below, Krebs, P. J., found that the pauper had gained a settlement in Delaware township, Juniata county, by payment of taxes under the act of June 13, 1836, section 9, clause 2. The overseers of that township appealed.
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Appeal, No. 359, J an. T., 1891, from decree of Q. S. Clearfield Co., Feb. T., 1890, No. 26, dismissing an appeal from an order for removal of a pauper. Appeal from order of removal. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court below, Krebs, P. J., found that the pauper had gained a settlement in Delaware township, Juniata county, by payment of taxes under the act of June 13, 1836, section 9, clause 2. The overseers of that township appealed. Errors assigned covered this finding by the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice McCollum,
This is an appeal from the decree of the court of quarter sessions of Clearfield county, affirming an order issued by two justices of the peace for the removal of George Potter, a poor person, from the township of Lawrence in said county, to the township of Delaware in Juniata county. Prior to 1871, Potter was legally settled in Union township, Clearfield county, and it lies on Lawrence township, in this proceeding, to show that he subsequently acquired a settlement in the township of Delaware, to which it is proposed to remove him. The claim of Lawrence…
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