Pike Township v. Union Township
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided by Judges Collet and Wright, in Madison, 1831. This was an action of debt under the statute, to recover compensation for necessaries furnished a pauper. The father of the pauper had a settlement in Pike township, in Madison county, .and died, leaving the son a minor, who afterward became a charge upon the township.
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Decided by Judges Collet and Wright, in Madison, 1831. This was an action of debt under the statute, to recover compensation for necessaries furnished a pauper. The father of the pauper had a settlement in Pike township, in Madison county, .and died, leaving the son a minor, who afterward became a charge upon the township. The county of Union was afterward established in 1819. The southern line of the county divided Pike township and threw part of its territory into Union county. A dispute arose about this line, Which lasted several years. Various lines were run at different times as the true…
1Opinion of the Court
Juctge Wright
delivered the opinion of the court:
By the law of this state, 22 Ohio L. 412, power is given to the board of commissioners in each county, to form political townships of not less than twenty-two square miles (except including an incorporated town), and to alter the boundaries. ^of townships when necessary; and such townships become thenceforth bodies corporate. No provision is found in the general law,, nor in the act establishing Union county, providing for the division of townships cut in two by the lines of a new county, or directing the disposition of the territory thus…
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