Overseers of Washington v. Overseers of Beaver
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
CERTIORARI to the Quarter Sessions of Union county, to which there was an appeal by the overseers of the poor of Beaver township, Union county, from the order of two justices of the peace, removing Jonathan Zerley, a pauper, from the township of Washington to the township of Beaver, in said county. The case came up on an exception to the opinion of the court.
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CERTIORARI to the Quarter Sessions of Union county, to which there was an appeal by the overseers of the poor of Beaver township, Union county, from the order of two justices of the peace, removing Jonathan Zerley, a pauper, from the township of Washington to the township of Beaver, in said county. The case came up on an exception to the opinion of the court. The court below quashed the order of removal, on the ground that it was granted by two justices of Washington township; but the parties agreed to reinstate the case, that the main question might be decided. Jacob Zerley resided in Beaver…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Rogers, J.
A person may be entitled to a settlement either on the score of birth or acquisition, the manner of acquiring which is pointed out in the 9th section of the Act of 13th June 1836. There is also derivative settlement, which is the case of legitimate children following the settlement of the parent, and of the latter description is the case before us. The settlement of a pauper is *549the place of his birth, but the birth of the child does not give him a settlement, except when the settlement of the father and mother is not known., and then only…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Morton v. PlowmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1793
3Cited by6 opinions
- Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the PoorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
- Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the PoorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1878
- Allegheny County v. PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
- Overseers of Poor of Susquehanna Township Poor District v. Overseers of Poor of Monroe Township Poor DistrictSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
- M'Veytown v. Union TownshipSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1843
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