Green v. North Buffalo Township
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Armstrong county: No. ill, to October and November Term 1866. This was an action of covenant brought by The Overseers of the Poor of North Buffalo Township, Armstrong county, against John Green and Jeremiah Green, to December Term 1865. The covenant of the defendants was in the following bond, executed by them: — “ in the full sum of one thousand dollars, upon the condition following: that is to say, Whereas Elizabeth ■Green, of said…
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Armstrong county: No. ill, to October and November Term 1866. This was an action of covenant brought by The Overseers of the Poor of North Buffalo Township, Armstrong county, against John Green and Jeremiah Green, to December Term 1865. The covenant of the defendants was in the following bond, executed by them: — “ in the full sum of one thousand dollars, upon the condition following: that is to say, Whereas Elizabeth ■Green, of said township, has become chargeable thereto as a pauper ; and whereas, we as her brothers are able and willing to maintain said…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, November 11th 1867, by
Agnew, J.
The 1st and 2d errors assigned are without merit. The plea of pending action came too late after the plea of the general issue and was not sufficiently verified.
We discover no error in the rejection of William Huston’s declarations. They were not made in his official character and while acting in the business of the township. They were no more than the loose declarations of any other citizen.
The 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th assignments of error may all be considered together.
Rightly understood, the charge of the court left the…
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