Com'rs of Rouse Estate v. Poor Directors
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR TO THE COURT OE QUARTER SESSIONS OE WARREN COUNTY. No. 15 January Term 1887, Sup. Ct. On March 28, 1886, it was agreed by and between the directors of the poor of Crawford comity, plaintiffs, and the commissioners of the Rouse estate, and the road commissioners of Eldred township, Warren county, defendants, that the following case be stated for the opinion of the court, in the nature of a special verdict : Lillie Allen, aged about eighteen years, had a legal settlement…
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ERROR TO THE COURT OE QUARTER SESSIONS OE WARREN COUNTY. No. 15 January Term 1887, Sup. Ct. On March 28, 1886, it was agreed by and between the directors of the poor of Crawford comity, plaintiffs, and the commissioners of the Rouse estate, and the road commissioners of Eldred township, Warren county, defendants, that the following case be stated for the opinion of the court, in the nature of a special verdict : Lillie Allen, aged about eighteen years, had a legal settlement in Eldred township, Warren county, in the year 1885, and in said year she came into Crawford county, and before she had…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Stebbett:
The record of this “ case stated for the opinion of the court in the nature of a special verdict” is properly before us for review on the writ of error, and hence the writ of certiorari in same case was unnecessary.
It appears that, in 1885, plaintiffs below, in obedience to the order of two justices of the peace of Crawford county, expended 163.42 for the relief of a sick and helpless person whose last place of legal settlement was then in Eldred township, Warren county. As soon as they could conveniently do so, they notified the “ commissioners of the Rouse…
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