Valley Township Poor District v. Northumberland Borough Poor District

Potter, P. J.,

17th judicial district, specially presiding, From the records filed in this case we gather, in substance, the following:

That Jacob L. Garman, a single man, resided in Valley Township, Montour County, up to March 30, 1913, when he was removed to the Hospital for the Insane at Danville.

A dispute arose between the poor authorities of Valley Township and those of the Borough of Northumberland as to the place of settlement of the said Garman, each claiming it to be the other.

Proceedings were had under the Act of April 6, 1905, P. L. 112, between these two municipalities, which…