Luzerne County Poor District v. Jenkins Township Poor Directors
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 36, Jan. T., 1903, by plaintiff, from order of Q. S. Luzerne Co., discharging rule to compel payment of money for the support of an insane pauper in case of Central Poor District of Luzerne County v. Directors ■of the Poor of Jenkins Township, Pittston Borough and Pitts-ton Township.
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Appeal, No. 36, Jan. T., 1903, by plaintiff, from order of Q. S. Luzerne Co., discharging rule to compel payment of money for the support of an insane pauper in case of Central Poor District of Luzerne County v. Directors ■of the Poor of Jenkins Township, Pittston Borough and Pitts-ton Township. Rule to show cause why the defendant should not pay or refund to the plaintiff the sum of -1676.28 expended by the plaintiff for the support and maintenance of James O’Donnell, an insane pauper. The court in an opinion by Wheaton, J., discharged the rule. Error assigned, was the order of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Chriam,
This is an appeal from the order of the court of quarter sessions of Luzerne county, discharging a rule to show cause why the appellee should not pay to the appellant certain moneys expended for the support and maintenance of one James McDonnell, an insane pauper removed from the state hospital for the insane at Danville, where he had been placed by the appellee, to Retreat, the home maintained by the appellant for the *275maintenance of its poor persons. The facts are fully recited in the opinion of the court discharging the rule.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Directors of the Poor v. Overseers of the PoorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1885
- Poor District v. Poor DistrictSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1897