Cicero Township v. Falconberry

This proceeding originated before a justice of the peace of Cicero township, in the county of Tipton. Thomas B. Bates, trustee of said township, and overseer of the poor, filed his verified complaint before such justice, in the name of Cicero township, against the appellees ’ herein, alleging that they were poor persons found within said township and likely to become a public charge, having no legal settlement in said township, but having a legal settlement in Monroe township, Madison county, Indiana. The appellees were duly served with summons, but, failing to appear, the justice rendered…