Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the Poor
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 20, Feb. T., 1899, by defendants, from judgment of Q. S. Sullivan Co., Dec. Sess., 1897, No. 8, awarding counsel fee in pauper litigation. Opinion by Rice, P. J. Appeal from order of removal.
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Appeal, No. 20, Feb. T., 1899, by defendants, from judgment of Q. S. Sullivan Co., Dec. Sess., 1897, No. 8, awarding counsel fee in pauper litigation. Opinion by Rice, P. J. Appeal from order of removal. Before Dunham, P. J. It appears from the, record that an order of removal had been made in the matter of George Kutz, a pauper, to Muncy Creek township, and that an appeal was taken from the order of removal, it having been finally settled that the last place of legal settlement of George Kutz, the pauper, was in Muncy Creek township. A bill of expenses and costs was filed by the overseers of…
1Opinion of the Court
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Rice, P. J.,
The recital of the general object of the legislature in passing an enactment, whether contained in a preamble or in the body of the act or section, may legitimately be consulted as an aid in solving any ambiguity, in fixing the meaning of the words which may have more than one, and in keeping the act within its real scope, whenever the enacting part is in any of these respects open to doubt. It is to be borne in mind, however, that the evil recited is but the motive for legislation, and a recital of some of the inconveniences which led to it does not necessarily exclude…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Directors of the Poor v. Overseers of the PoorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1885
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