Gambatese Et Ux. v. Erie Co. Poor Dist.

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

This action in assumpsit was brought to recover $1,010.52 from the Erie County Poor District. The trial terminated in the entry of a compulsory nonsuit. This appeal is from the refusal to take off the nonsuit.

The plaintiffs are the owners of certain dwelling houses situate in the city of Erie, which they leased to five different tenants. Owing to economic conditions, the tenants were thrown out of. employment, and became destitute. They were unable to pay their rent during portions of the years 1930, 1931, 1932, and 1933, and applied to the poor district for relief,…