Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, of Lycoming county: Of January Term 1886. The facts appear sufficiently in the opinion of the court. Cummin, P. J. The only question involved in this proceeding is the ascertainment of the last place of legal settlement of Susanna Gray, daughter of Joseph Gray. May 14th, 1875, an 'order of relief for Susanna Gray was issued, at the instance of her mother, directed to the overseers of the poor of Fairfield township.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, of Lycoming county: Of January Term 1886. The facts appear sufficiently in the opinion of the court. Cummin, P. J. The only question involved in this proceeding is the ascertainment of the last place of legal settlement of Susanna Gray, daughter of Joseph Gray. May 14th, 1875, an 'order of relief for Susanna Gray was issued, at the instance of her mother, directed to the overseers of the poor of Fairfield township. Whether any relief was furnished under this order does not appear, in the evidence.. October 22d, 1882, another order of relief for Susanna Gray…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
■It is not denied that Joseph Gray, the father of the pauper, had a settlement in what is now the borough of Montoursville, in 1854. He rented a house there from Jacob Fry at $12 or $14 per annum, moved into it and resided there with' his family for over one year and paid the rent. This fixes the legal settlement of Susanna Gray, his daughter, in Montoursville in 1854. Joseph Gray does not appear tq have acquired a.subsequent settlement elsewhere. He died about March 23d, 1869, at which time he was a pauper, and was buried at the expense of the overseers of the poor of Montoursville.
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