Juniata County v. Overseers of the Poor
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 9, March T., 1902, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Juniata Co., Sept. T., 1900, No. 102, making absolute a rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense in case of county of Juniata v. Overseers of the Poor of the Borough of Mifflintown. Assumpsit to recover for the maintenance of an insane pauper.
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Appeal, No. 9, March T., 1902, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Juniata Co., Sept. T., 1900, No. 102, making absolute a rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense in case of county of Juniata v. Overseers of the Poor of the Borough of Mifflintown. Assumpsit to recover for the maintenance of an insane pauper. The statement of claim was as follows : That on December 30, 1895, Fannie B. Caveny, of the borough of Mifflintown, in the county of Juniata and state of Pennsylvania, was duly found to be insane by a commission appointed by Jeremiah Lyons, president judge of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Oblad y, J.,
From the record in this case it appears that Mrs. Fannie B. Caveny was committed to the Pennsylvania Lunatic Hospital, at Harrisburg, on December 30, 1895, under proceedings in lunacy in the court of common pleas of Juniata county, to No. 43, February term, 1896. The proceeding was had under section 6, of the act of April 20, 1869, viz : “ Insane persons may be placed in a hospital by order of any court or law judge, after the following course of proceedings, namely: on statement, in writing, of any respectable person, that a certain person is insane, and that the…
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- Scranton Poor District v. Directors of the PoorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1884
- Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the PoorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1878
- Overseers of the Poor v. County of ForestSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1879
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