Overseers of Taylor v. Overseers of Shenango
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Lawrence county: Of October Term 1886, No. 120. This was an appeal by the Overseers of the Poor of Taylor township, from the order of two justices of the peace, removing Allen Lightner, a pauper, from Shenango township.
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Error to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Lawrence county: Of October Term 1886, No. 120. This was an appeal by the Overseers of the Poor of Taylor township, from the order of two justices of the peace, removing Allen Lightner, a pauper, from Shenango township. The order of removal was dated December 29th, 1884. The appeal was entered in the court below on 12th of January, 1885. The only question in the case was, which poor district (Taylor or Shenango) was liable to maintain the pauper. The following are the facts as found by the court, Hazen, P. J. Upon examination of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sterrett
On the authority of Lower Augusta v. Selinsgrove, 64 Pa. 166 and subsequent cases recognizing same rule of practice, we would be warranted in affirming the order complained of; but, on the general merits of the case, and apart from the technical objection suggested by the learned counsel for defendants in error, we think the order is in accordance with the spirit, if not the letter, of our poor laws, and therefore correct.
On June 26th, 1882, the pauper in question was so badly injured in Taylor township as to require immediate relief. He was carried into Shenango township, and, an order for…
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