Montour County v. Directors of Poor of Danville & Mahoning Poor District
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 11, March T., 1912, by defendant, from order of Q. S. Montour Co., Jan. T., 1910, No. 4, fixing settlement of pauper and directing payment for his maintenance. Petition to determine settlement .of Clarence Carr, an indigent insane criminal, and fix liability for the expenses of his maintenance at the state hospital for the insane at Danville. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 11, March T., 1912, by defendant, from order of Q. S. Montour Co., Jan. T., 1910, No. 4, fixing settlement of pauper and directing payment for his maintenance. Petition to determine settlement .of Clarence Carr, an indigent insane criminal, and fix liability for the expenses of his maintenance at the state hospital for the insane at Danville. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court of quarter sessions made the following order: 1. And now, April 8, 1911, rule absolute, and it is adjudged and decreed that the place of legal settlement of Clarence Carr at…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
The nature of the proceedings brought up for review and the facts necessary to an understanding of the questions involved are clearly set forth in the opinion and final order of the learned judge below, and need not be restated by us.
The Act of June 26, 1895, P. L. 388, entitled “An Act to provide for the more immediate relief, care and support *270of indigent insane persons committed on criminal charges less than felony,” provides, that the insane person placed in a hospital for the insane pursuant to its provisions shall there be maintained at the expense of the county…
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