Overseers of the Poor of Forest City v. Overseers of the Poor of Damascus
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 126, July T., 1895, by defendant, from order of Q. S. Susquehanna Co., April T.,1893, No. 85, ordering removal of pauper. Petition for removal of pauper. The facts appear by the opinion of Searle, P. J., which was as follows: Lorena Conklin became a charge upon the poor district of the borough of Forest City, by virtue of an order of relief having been taken out in due form of law, and delivered to the overseers of the poor of said district.
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Appeal, No. 126, July T., 1895, by defendant, from order of Q. S. Susquehanna Co., April T.,1893, No. 85, ordering removal of pauper. Petition for removal of pauper. The facts appear by the opinion of Searle, P. J., which was as follows: Lorena Conklin became a charge upon the poor district of the borough of Forest City, by virtue of an order of relief having been taken out in due form of law, and delivered to the overseers of the poor of said district. The overseers of the poor of the district of Forest City obtained the order of two justices of the peace of the county removing said pauper…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The order of removal in this case was confirmed by the court below on the ground that in 1886 the pauper in question acquired a statutory settlement in defendant poor district under the provisions of section 9, clause V of the poor law, which declares such settlement may be gained, in any district, “ By any unmarried person, not having a child, who shall be lawfully bound or hired as a servant, within such district, and shall continue in such service one whole year.” Purd. 1750, pi. 50.
As to the facts necessary to the acquisition of a settlement under this clause of the act, viz:…
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