Pulaski Township v. Lawrence County
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 63, April T., 1907, by defendant, from order of C. P. Lawrence Co., March T., 1906, No. 97, overruling demurrer to claim in case of Pulaski Township Poor District v. Lawrence County. Demurrer to statement. Before Porter, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Hrror assigned was the order of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
The question involved in this case is the constitutionality of the Act of March 6, 1903, P. L. 18, or, to be more exact, the constitutionality of those parts of the act which provide for the relief of needy, sick and indigent persons, who have no known legal settlement within the commonwealth, at the expense of the county where relief is required. It may be surmised that the draftsman of the act had particularly in mind counties not operating under the Act of June 4, 1879, P.L. 78, the constitutionality of which was upheld in Rose v. Beaver County, 20 Pa. Superior Ct.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Commonwealth v. GilliganSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
- Evans v. PhillipiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1887
- Frost v. CherrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
- City of Reading v. SavageSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
- Rose v. Beaver CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
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