Tioga County v. South Creek Township
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Bradford county:' No. 299, to January Term 1874. This was an appeal in the court below, from an order made in June 1873, by two justices of the peace of the county of Bradford, for the removal of Francis Hoagland, a pauper, from the poor distinct of South Creek, Bradford county, to Tioga county.
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Error to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Bradford county:' No. 299, to January Term 1874. This was an appeal in the court below, from an order made in June 1873, by two justices of the peace of the county of Bradford, for the removal of Francis Hoagland, a pauper, from the poor distinct of South Creek, Bradford county, to Tioga county. The appeal was filed September 3d 1873. Another similar order of removal had been made by two justices of the peace of Bradford county on the 16th of December 1871, under which the pauper was taken to Tioga county; this order was not appealed from; the pauper…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, March 23d 1874, by
Gordon, J.
This case might well have been decided on the ground that the order of removal of 16th December 1871, never having been appealed from, was final and conclusive as to the settlement of the pauper. That order was well executed by his delivery to the Commissioners of Tioga county, though directed to the Overseers of Covington township, because the commissioners represented the several poor districts of that county. Instead of returning the pauper to South Creek township, they should have appealed to the next Court of Quarter…
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