Overseers of Liberty Township v. Overseers of Castanea Township
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 39, Feb. T., 1897, by plaintiffs, from order of Q. S., Centre Co., Nov. Sess., 1895, No. 41, affirming appeal from order of removal and discbarging said order of removal. Appeal by Overseers of the Poor of Castanea Township, Clinton County, Pa., from an order of removal, so far as it relates to Charles P. Aikey and Samuel M. Aikey.
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Appeal, No. 39, Feb. T., 1897, by plaintiffs, from order of Q. S., Centre Co., Nov. Sess., 1895, No. 41, affirming appeal from order of removal and discbarging said order of removal. Appeal by Overseers of the Poor of Castanea Township, Clinton County, Pa., from an order of removal, so far as it relates to Charles P. Aikey and Samuel M. Aikey. Before Love, P. J. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court below, which is as follows: This is an appeal by the overseers of the poor of Castanea township, Clinton county, from an order of removal taken out by the overseers of Liberty…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
The right of appeal from the judgment or decree of the court of quarter sessions in the determination of appeals from orders of removal, in pursuance of which paupers have been removed from one district to another, is purely statutory. It is provided by the act of the 16th of March, 1868. The remedy is to be pursued in strict accordance with the provisions of this act. The act has been construed and the mode of procedure under it carefully pointed out by the Supreme Court whose decisions therein have been followed by this court in several cases. In Lower Augusta v.…
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- Lower Augusta v. SelinsgroveSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1870
- Overseers of the Poor of Elderton Borough v. Overseers of the Poor of Plumcreek TownshipSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
- Overseers of the Poor of Spring Township v. Overseers of the Poor of Walker TownshipSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
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