Wertz v. Blair County
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Blair county: No. 39, to May Term 1870. This was an action of assumpsit by the county of Blair against Jacob Wertz, commenced March 8th 1865. The action was brought to recover the amount paid by the plaintiff to the State Lunatic Asylum for the support of John Wertz, son of the defendant and an insane pauper, who was of full age, and who, upon an indictment against him for breach of the peace, had been found by the jury to be insane and…
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Blair county: No. 39, to May Term 1870. This was an action of assumpsit by the county of Blair against Jacob Wertz, commenced March 8th 1865. The action was brought to recover the amount paid by the plaintiff to the State Lunatic Asylum for the support of John Wertz, son of the defendant and an insane pauper, who was of full age, and who, upon an indictment against him for breach of the peace, had been found by the jury to be insane and by order of the Court of Quarter Sessions had been sent to the State Lunatic Asylum. On the trial before Taylor, P. J.,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, July 7th 1870, by
Read, J.
The present system of poor laws in England, practically originated in the statute of 43 Elizabeth, c. 2, which, in its 7th section enacted: “ That the father and grandfather, and the mother and grandmother, and the children of every poor, old, blind, lame and impotent person, or other poor person not able to work, being of sufficient ability, shall at their own charges, relieve and maintain every such poor person, in that manner, and according to that rate, as by the justices of the peace of that county, where such sufficient…
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