Campbell v. Grooms
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette county: Of January Term 1882, No. 457. This was an action, brought originally before an alderman, by J. B. Grooms against Edward Campbell, et al., directors of the poor of Fayette county, to recover the value of services rendered by the plaintiff, a physician, to one Nichols.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette county: Of January Term 1882, No. 457. This was an action, brought originally before an alderman, by J. B. Grooms against Edward Campbell, et al., directors of the poor of Fayette county, to recover the value of services rendered by the plaintiff, a physician, to one Nichols. On the trial, before Willson, P. J., the following facts appeared: Dermis Nichols was severely injured by an accident on November 25th 1879, and was removed to his home in Bridgeport, where the plaintiff attended him for four months after that date. On December 4th 1879 two…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mercur
*483The liability of the county of Fayette for the support and maintenance of the poor therein, is ascertained by reference to its special laws Section 6 of the Act of 16th April 1846, P. L. 348, declares: “it shall be the duty of the board of directors for the county of Fayette, to examine into the claims of such person or persons as may demand relief or be removed to the poorhouse from any part of said county, and also into the claims of such persons as may have given aid or rendered services fox said alleged pauper, and which shall be exhibited to the said board or to any one of said…
2Cited by1 opinion
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