Overseers of the Poor v. County of Forest
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Forest county: Of October and November Term 1879, No. 331. Assumpsit by the county of Forest against the Overseers of the Poor of Harmony township. Defendants pleaded non assumpserunt, payment with leave, &c.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Forest county: Of October and November Term 1879, No. 331. Assumpsit by the county of Forest against the Overseers of the Poor of Harmony township. Defendants pleaded non assumpserunt, payment with leave, &c. At the trial, before Wetmore, P. J., it appeared that at the regular term of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Forest county, held in September 1875, the case of Michael Calinan, an alleged lunatic pauper, was brought before the court, and there was an order of removal made to the West Pennsylvania Hospital on the 27th, and in the order of removal it…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trunkey
Before a person shall be entered on the poor book of any district, an order for his relief shall be obtained from two justices of the peace of the county. Act June 13th 1836, Pamph. L. 541. Under that act no claim for necessaries furnished a pauper, however pressing his wants, can be recovered from the district, unless such order be issued prior to commencement of the action; but, in proper cases, it may be procured after the pauper has been relieved. Warrants for the removal of a pauper from the district when he becomes chargeable, to the one w'here he has a legal settlement, must be issued…
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the PoorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1829
3Cited by2 opinions
- Central Poor District v. Directors of the PoorSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
- Juniata County v. Overseers of the PoorSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1903