Legal Opinion
Settlement of Indigent Persons
Pennsylvania Department of Justice
Decided November 10, 1933PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Arnold, Deputy Attorney General,
You have asked us to advise you on two questions which may be summarized as follows:
1. Does the Act of April 11, 1929, P. L. 487, authorize the Department of Welfare to determine the legal residence of indigent persons other than insane, feeble-minded, or epileptic persons, who are returned to this State, and to impose liability for the maintenance of such persons on local poor districts?
2. May persons who are public charges or likely to become public charges, and who have no settlement in Pennsylvania, be returned to another State in which they have a…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Railroad Co. v. HusenSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Matis v. SchaefferSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
- Gyger's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1870
- Commonwealth ex rel. v. TaylorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
- Glen Alden Coal Co. v. Scranton CitySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
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3Cited by2 opinions
- State v. DoeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1962
- State v. DoeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1962