Salsbury v. City of Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the District Court of Philadelphia. This was an action of assumpsit brought, August 6th 1861, by Mary Salsbury against The City of Philadelphia, to recover an amount alleged to be due to her for the support of two deserted children. A declaration in assumpsit with the common counts was filed, to which the plaintiff pleaded non assumpsit.
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Error to the District Court of Philadelphia. This was an action of assumpsit brought, August 6th 1861, by Mary Salsbury against The City of Philadelphia, to recover an amount alleged to be due to her for the support of two deserted children. A declaration in assumpsit with the common counts was filed, to which the plaintiff pleaded non assumpsit. On the trial, there was a verdict in favour of the plaintiff, the learned judge* before whom the case was tried, reserving the point whether there was any evidence to go to the jury. On which point judgment was subsequently entered for defendants.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court-was delivered, by
Strong, J.
This was an action of assumpsit} brought to recover compensation for boarding during a period of nearly six years two children of one Edwin H. Weaver. The plaintiff was the grandmother of the children, and she contended that the city had contracted with her to pay for their board at the rate of $3 per week. The father had deserted them, and under the desertion laws proceedings were instituted against him, and he was compelled to give bond in the penal sum of $600, conditioned for the payment of such sums of money as the judge of the Court of…
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