Overseers of Gilpin Tp. v. Overseers of Parks Tp.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OE QUARTER SESSIONS OE ARMSTRONG COUNTY. No. 66 October Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 11 March Term 1887, Q. S. On December 27, 1884, the overseers of the poor of Parks township made information before two justices of the peace that Alexander Williams with his family had lately come to reside in said township without having gained a legal settlement therein, was likely to become a charge on said township and that his last legal residence was…
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CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OE QUARTER SESSIONS OE ARMSTRONG COUNTY. No. 66 October Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 11 March Term 1887, Q. S. On December 27, 1884, the overseers of the poor of Parks township made information before two justices of the peace that Alexander Williams with his family had lately come to reside in said township without having gained a legal settlement therein, was likely to become a charge on said township and that his last legal residence was in Gilpin township, asking for an order of removal. The order of removal was granted without any notice or hearing. Upon…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Williams:
The facts important to a correct understanding of the question in this case are few and free from controversy.
One Alexander Williams, a colored laborer, with his wife and seven children, lived in Parks township, Armstrong county, in December, 1884, and for nearly two years prior thereto. He had supported his family by his own labor and that of his older children, supplemented at times by the gifts of kindhearted neighbors. He had not applied to the overseers for aid nor had any one made application on his behalf. The overseers of the poor, however, fearing that he…
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