Poor District v. Poor District
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 180, April T., 1897, by defendants, from decree of Q. S. Clarion Co., Nov. Sess., 1894, No. 2, making absolute rule on defendant for maintenance of pauper. Petition for rule on respondent to show cause why the respondent should not refund the petitioner moneys expended for support and maintenance of John Waterson and his family. Before Clark, P. J. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal, No. 180, April T., 1897, by defendants, from decree of Q. S. Clarion Co., Nov. Sess., 1894, No. 2, making absolute rule on defendant for maintenance of pauper. Petition for rule on respondent to show cause why the respondent should not refund the petitioner moneys expended for support and maintenance of John Waterson and his family. Before Clark, P. J. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. Errors assigned were (1) In its answer to plaintiff’s fifth point, which point and answer is as follows : “ That the order of removal above referred to unappealed from, is…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
The poor district of Green township, Forest county, secured on the 2d of July, 1894, an order of removal directed to the overseers of the poor of Highland township, Clarion county, for the removal of John Waterson and family who had become a charge upon the said township of Green. This order of removal was duly served upon the overseers of Highland township, August 22, 1894. No appeal was taken to the court of quarter sessions, as provided by the 19th section of the Act of June 13, 1836, P. L. 539. The overseers of the poor of Green township subsequently petitioned the…
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