Allegheny County v. Pittsburgh

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Schaffer,

Assuming for the purposes of this case that the City of Pittsburgh is a poor district (Straub v. City of Pittsburgh, 138 Pa. 356), is it liable to the County of Allegheny, of which it forms a part, for the amounts expended by the latter for the maintenance of neglected and dependent children found in that city and committed by the juvenile court of the county? The trial judge, sitting without a jury, held the city not liable. The county has appealed.

For its right to recover, the county relies on the proviso clause in the Act of May 8, 1913, P. L. 177. The act…