Poor District v. Poor District
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 158, April T., 1897, by plaintiff, from decree of Q. S. Clarion Co., Aug. Sess., 1895, No. 2, refusing order of removal. Order of removal of Hettie Keatley. Before Clark, P. J. Tbe facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of tbe court. J. T. Maffett, Esq., who was appointed commissioner by the court below, reported in favor of refusing the order of removal at tbe cost of tbe Poor District of the borough of Edenburg.
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Appeal, No. 158, April T., 1897, by plaintiff, from decree of Q. S. Clarion Co., Aug. Sess., 1895, No. 2, refusing order of removal. Order of removal of Hettie Keatley. Before Clark, P. J. Tbe facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of tbe court. J. T. Maffett, Esq., who was appointed commissioner by the court below, reported in favor of refusing the order of removal at tbe cost of tbe Poor District of the borough of Edenburg. Exceptions filed to tbe report of the commissioner were dismissed by the court below. Errors assigned among others were (14) In tlie first conclusion of law, which…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
• We are confronted with twenty-five assignments of error in this case, and each is vigorously pressed upon the court for consideration. The majority however relate to findings of fact, which have been found by the commissioner, whose report is confirmed by the court below.
*522The paper-book argument is not divided so as to apply separately to the specifications of error, which is a much more effective manner of presenting the argument, but it treats the whole subject in a general theme. We consider only the questions therein, which, to our mind, are material in determining…
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