Cascade Overseers v. Lewis Overseers
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 328, Jan. T., 1892, by defendants, from decree of Q. S. Lycoming Co., Dec. Sess., 1891, No. 24, affirming order of removal. Appeal from order of removal of pauper. The facts appear by the opinion of the court below, Metzger, P. J., which was, in part, as follows : “ Sarah Johnson, the pauper, is the wife of Charles Johnson, and her settlement therefore is the district where he was last legally settled.
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Appeal, No. 328, Jan. T., 1892, by defendants, from decree of Q. S. Lycoming Co., Dec. Sess., 1891, No. 24, affirming order of removal. Appeal from order of removal of pauper. The facts appear by the opinion of the court below, Metzger, P. J., which was, in part, as follows : “ Sarah Johnson, the pauper, is the wife of Charles Johnson, and her settlement therefore is the district where he was last legally settled. The evidence clearly establishes the fact that Charles Johnson had bona fide taken a lease of real estate in Lewis township of the yearly value of ten dollars, and that he paid said…
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Curiam,
It is to be regretted that the legislature does not provide a uniform system for the care of the poor, and require each county in the state to erect a house for their accommodation. Under our present system, many of the counties are divided into as many poor districts as there are townships. This results in constant litigation between these small poor districts in regard to the settlement of paupers. Much of this litigation is unseemly, of a trifling character, and not creditable to the poor districts concerned. It is not too much to say that some districts, at least, spend almost…
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