State Hospital v. Danville & Mahoning Poor District
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 50, March T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Montour Co., May T., 1907, No. 48, for plaintiff on trial by the court without a jury in case of Trustees of State Hospital for Insane at Danville, Pa., v. Danville & Mahoning Poor District. Assumpsit for the board of lunatic. The case was tried by Evans, P. J., without a jury. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 50, March T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Montour Co., May T., 1907, No. 48, for plaintiff on trial by the court without a jury in case of Trustees of State Hospital for Insane at Danville, Pa., v. Danville & Mahoning Poor District. Assumpsit for the board of lunatic. The case was tried by Evans, P. J., without a jury. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was in entering judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $100.80.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
The record in this case raises no question as to the standing of the parties to the suit. The case was tried before the court without a jury, and it is admitted upon the record that both plaintiff and defendant are corporations, or at least quasi corporations, capable of suing and being sued.
The court, in its opinion discharging the exceptions, states as a fact that "Under the Act of April 15, 1869, P. L. 1042, the order of relief offered in evidence appears to be good and valid, so far as an order of relief is concerned.”
Assuming this to be so, the defendants, under a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Directors of the Poor & of the House of Employment of Montgomery Co. v. NyceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
- Inhabitants of Stow v. SawyerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1862