Legal Opinion

Westmoreland County Poor District's Appeal

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 7, 1921No. Appeal, No. 57PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal, No. 57, April T., 1921, by the Poor District of- Westmoreland County, from decree of Q. S. Armstrong County, June Sessions, 1920, No. 4, ordering and directing removal, in the case of In re: Removal of Mrs. Sarah Yiola Barr, and minor children, from the Poor District of Kittanning Borough to the Poor District of Westmoreland County. Petition for order of removal. Before King, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.

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Appeal, No. 57, April T., 1921, by the Poor District of- Westmoreland County, from decree of Q. S. Armstrong County, June Sessions, 1920, No. 4, ordering and directing removal, in the case of In re: Removal of Mrs. Sarah Yiola Barr, and minor children, from the Poor District of Kittanning Borough to the Poor District of Westmoreland County. Petition for order of removal. Before King, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court entered the following decree: And now, July 6, 1920, the proceedings in this cause being regular and pursuant to the Act of 1905, P. L.…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Porter, J.,

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Armstrong County, for the removal of Mrs. Barr and her minor children, who had become public charges, from the Poor District of Kittanning Borough to the Poor District of Westmoreland County, in a proceeding under the provisions of the Act of April 6, 1905, P. L. 112. The court below found the facts substantially as follows: Prior to September, 1916, the said Annie Barr and her husband had a legal settlement in the Poor District of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; that in September, 1916, the husband…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Overseers of the Poor v. Overseers of the PoorSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1899

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Central Poor District v. Nescopeck Poor DistrictLuzerne County Court of Quarter Sessions · 1935
  2. Marion Township Poor Dist. v. Howard Borough Poor Dist.Centre County Court of Quarter Sessions · 1929
  3. Valley Township Poor District v. Northumberland Borough Poor DistrictMontour County Court of Quarter Sessions · 1923

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