overseers of the poor of Gibson v. overseers of the poor of Nicholson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certiorari. CERTIORARI to the Quarter Sessions of Luzerne county, in which the following case was, by consent, stated . for the opinion of that Court. •The pauper, Samuel Halstead, was an illegitimate child., born in the township of Nicholson, before the division thereof, and in that part of the said township now called Gibson, where his mother was legally settled.
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Certiorari. CERTIORARI to the Quarter Sessions of Luzerne county, in which the following case was, by consent, stated . for the opinion of that Court. •The pauper, Samuel Halstead, was an illegitimate child., born in the township of Nicholson, before the division thereof, and in that part of the said township now called Gibson, where his mother was legally settled. He was entered upon the poor books of the township of Nicholson as a pauper, and supported as such until the division of the said township; which was since the passing of the act of 24th March, 1803. On the division of Nicholson…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
This cause appears to have been brought. before the Court of Quarter Sessions of Luzerne county, on a case stated, by consent. It could not have been decided by that Court, any otherwise than by consent, as the justices of the peace, whose decision was appealed from, were not of Luzerne but of Susquehanna county. I do not know, that under such circumstances, this,Court' is bound to interfere; the proceedings bélow having been out of the regular course, and altogether, a matter of consent. However, as it may tend to prevent future legislation and expense, we will give an opinion…
2Cited by1 opinion
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