Poor District v. Poor District
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certiorari to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Luzerne county. Of January Term 1885, No. 366. This was in the court below an appeal by the Poor District of the borough of New Columbus, from an order of removal of Philip Faux, and his family, seven in number, paupers, from the Poor District of Huntingdon township to the Poor District of New Columbus.
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Certiorari to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Luzerne county. Of January Term 1885, No. 366. This was in the court below an appeal by the Poor District of the borough of New Columbus, from an order of removal of Philip Faux, and his family, seven in number, paupers, from the Poor District of Huntingdon township to the Poor District of New Columbus. Upon a rule to show cause why the appeal should not be stricken off, the court, (Woodward, J.) on February 12th, 1888, adjudged that the legal place of settlement of said paupers was Huntingdon township, and entered an order discharging the said…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
The contention of the plaintiff in error is, that the claim of the borough of New Columbus, in this ease, was adjudicated in the decree of 12th February, 1883, allowing to the said borough $16.65 as costs and charges, upon the appeal from the order of removal, taken by Huntingdon township. The present demand is $549.67, money paid out by the appellant, towards the relief of Philip Faux and family, the paupers, from the date of the removal, to the determination of the appeal.
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