Overseers of Poor of Susquehanna Township Poor District v. Overseers of Poor of Monroe Township Poor District
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 20, March T., 1896, bjr defendants, from order of Q. S. Juniata Co., Sept. Sess., 1895, No. 9, dismissing appeal in the court below and confirming order of removal. Appeal by overseers of the poor of Monroe township from decree dismissing appeal in the court below confirming order of removal.
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Appeal, No. 20, March T., 1896, bjr defendants, from order of Q. S. Juniata Co., Sept. Sess., 1895, No. 9, dismissing appeal in the court below and confirming order of removal. Appeal by overseers of the poor of Monroe township from decree dismissing appeal in the court below confirming order of removal. Before Lyons, P. J. It appears from the opinion of the court below that Frederick Strawser and his family, consisting of his wife and three children, became a charge on Monroe township, Juniata county, in November, 1894. On the 18th of January, 1895, two justices of the peace, both of whom…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Wickham, J.,
In March, 1894, one Frederick Strawser, with his wife and three children, was living in Monroe township, Juniata county. As to the place of his birth, and where he had resided before this time, we are left practically in the dark. On the 6th of November, 1894, through an order of relief, regularly issued by two justices of the peace, Strawser, together with his wife and children, became a charge on the poor district of Monroe township. On January 19, 1895, two justices of the peace of Monroe township granted an order for the removal of Strawser and *593his family to…
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