Overseers of Tioga v. Overseers of Lawrence
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
CERTIORARI to the quarter sessions of Tioga county. Manasseh Cady, from an injury which he received in the township of Lawrence, was unable to maintain himself, and was supported by the overseers of the poor of that township for a certain time, and until he might be removed; when they applied to two justices of Elkland township, Tioga county, for an order of removal to Tipga township, where it was-alleged he had a legal settlement, and for an adjustment of the claim of…
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CERTIORARI to the quarter sessions of Tioga county. Manasseh Cady, from an injury which he received in the township of Lawrence, was unable to maintain himself, and was supported by the overseers of the poor of that township for a certain time, and until he might be removed; when they applied to two justices of Elkland township, Tioga county, for an order of removal to Tipga township, where it was-alleged he had a legal settlement, and for an adjustment of the claim of Lawrence township for maintaining the pauper while he was unfit to be removed. The justices decided that the legal place of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Gibson, C. J.
A settlement is gained by service, but in pursuance of a contract of hiring, which is binding on both parties. To constitute such a contract, any declarations or acts of the parties which evince their assent to an agreement expressed at the time, is sufficient; a precise and formal stipulation being unnecessary. The case of Handley and Berwick St Johns, is full to the purpose, and not so strong to prove a hiring as the present. There, the keeper of a lodge having discharged a servant, asked the pauper if he liked the life of a keeper; and,…
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