Township of Cumru v. Directors of Poor for Berks
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Berks - county: Of January Term, 1886, No. 163. Case stated, in the nature of a special verdict, between the Township of Cumru, plaintiff, and the Directors of the Poor and of the House of Employment for the County of Berks, as follows: 1. By an Act of General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, approved March 29th, 1824, it was provided as follows: That the citizens of said county of Berks, qualified to vote for members of the…
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Berks - county: Of January Term, 1886, No. 163. Case stated, in the nature of a special verdict, between the Township of Cumru, plaintiff, and the Directors of the Poor and of the House of Employment for the County of Berks, as follows: 1. By an Act of General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, approved March 29th, 1824, it was provided as follows: That the citizens of said county of Berks, qualified to vote for members of the House of Representatives, shall, at the general election next ensuing the passing of this Act, in the manner prescribed…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gordon
We agree with the learned (judge of the court below that the property in question belongs to a public eharitjq and' as such is not taxable for road purposes by the township of Cumru. Not, indeed, because the Special Act of April 5th, 1848, authorizing real estate of the county of Berks, within the said township, to be taxed for road purposes, has been repealed by the General Act of 1874, but because the property in question does not belong to the county. By the Act of the 24th of March,. 1824, a distinct municipality was erected, whose jurisdiction in pauper cases was commensurate with the…
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