In re Lunacy of Christy
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 5, May T., 1896, by Mariou Township, Butler Co., Pa., from decree of Q. S. Armstrong Co., No. 15, June Sess., 1894, certifying said Marion township as the last place of legal settlement of Margaret Christy, a lunatic.
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Appeal, No. 5, May T., 1896, by Mariou Township, Butler Co., Pa., from decree of Q. S. Armstrong Co., No. 15, June Sess., 1894, certifying said Marion township as the last place of legal settlement of Margaret Christy, a lunatic. The opinion of the court below, Rayburn, P. J., was as follows : In determining the right of the parties in this controversy we have naught to do with the settlement of the pauper, Margaret Christy, prior to her marriage, — the evidence showing that John Christy, her husband, at the time of his marriage had a settlement either in Marion or Venango townships, Butler…
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Cueiam,
This is an appeal from the order of the court of quarter sessions of Armstrong county, certifying that Marion township in Butler county was the last place of legal settlement of Margaret Christy, an indigent lunatic who is confined in the Western Pennsylvania Hospital. The record shows that this order was made, after hearing, upon a rule to show cause, granted upon the application of the overseers of the poor of South Buffalo township, in Armstrong county, and duly served upon the overseers of the poor of Marion township. No question is raised by counsel as to the standing or right…
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