Overseers of the Poor of Turbett Township v. Overseers of the Poor of Tuscarora Township
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 11, March T., 1919, from order and decree of Q. S. Juniata Co., Sept. Sessions, 1912, No.T, confirming judgment of justice of the peace in the case of Overseers of the Poor of Turbett Township v. Overseers of the Poor of Tuscarora Township. Appeal from order of justice of the peaee refusing order for the removal of a pauper. Before Bailey, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. The court confirmed the judgment of the justice of the peace.
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Appeal, No. 11, March T., 1919, from order and decree of Q. S. Juniata Co., Sept. Sessions, 1912, No.T, confirming judgment of justice of the peace in the case of Overseers of the Poor of Turbett Township v. Overseers of the Poor of Tuscarora Township. Appeal from order of justice of the peaee refusing order for the removal of a pauper. Before Bailey, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. The court confirmed the judgment of the justice of the peace. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was the order of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Williams, J.,
This is an appeal from a decree of the quarter sessions sustaining the refusal of a justice of the peace to grant an order of removal of a pauper.
Section 16, of the Act of 1836, as amended by the Act of April 6, 1905, P. L. 115, provides that “on complaint by the overseers of any district to one of the magistrates of the same county, it shall be lawful for the said magistrate, where any person has or is likely to become chargeable to such district into which he shall come, by his warrant or order, directed to such overseers, to remove such person, at the expense of the…
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- County of Cambria v. Township of MadisonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
- Overseers of Liberty Township v. Overseers of Castanea TownshipSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1897