Armstrong County v. Plumcreek Township Overseers

Citations

• 158 Pa. 92
• 27 A. 842
• 1893 Pa. LEXIS 1548

Syllabus

<p>Poor laws — Settlement—Lunatic—Costs—Support—Res judicata.</p> <p>In an order committing a lunatic who was a pauper, the court granted a rule upon the overseers of a township to show cause why they should not pay to the county the expenses and costs of the proceedings in lunac5r. The overseers by their answer denied the liability and the settlement. The court discharged the rule “ without prejudice to the county as to further proceedings against the township of last settlement when ascertained.” Held, that the discharge of the rule was conclusive in favor of the township against which the rule was directed, and that the county could not proceed against it a second time for the purpose of collecting the expense of the support of the lunatic.</p>