Legal Opinion

Central Poor District v. Directors of the Poor

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 16, 1897No. Appeal, No. 17PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal, No. 17, Jan. T., 1897, by defendants, from order of Q. S. Luzerne Co., Sept. Sess., 1893, No. 468, on order of removal of Sarah Wall Ziegler, an insane pauper, and also approval in the same case. Order of removal and order of approval in the matter of an insane pauper. Before Lynch, J. It appeared from the evidence that Henry Ziegler, Jr., and Sarah Wall, the pauper in this case, were married'and resided in the borough of Pittston, the defendant district.

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1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Beaver, J.,

There is no question as to the regularity of the proceedings in this case. The order of removal and the order of approval were both regularly issued by proper authority in proper form. The appeal from both was taken within the time prescribed by the statute. We have, therefore, to consider the two questions raised by the record, viz: the settlement of the pauper and the liability for the amount expended for her support up to the time of the order of approval.

Sarah Wall Ziegler, the pauper, became chargeable upon the defendant district September 24, 1891. At that time her…

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Scranton Poor District v. Directors of the PoorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1884
Overseers of the Poor v. County of ForestSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1879

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Poor District v. Poor DistrictSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1897