Dallas Township Poor District v. Eaton Township Poor District

Citations

• 161 Pa. 142
• 28 A. 1070
• 1894 Pa. LEXIS 653

Syllabus

<p>Poor laws — Settlement—Payment of taxes by political committee.</p> <p>Payment of a poll tax by a political committee without the voter’s knowledge or authority, for the purpose of qualifying him to vote, is not such a payment of taxes as will give the voter a settlement under the poor laws.</p> <p>It seems, however, that such unauthorized payment may be ratified and adopted by the return of the money so paid, or by an undertaking to repay it.</p> <p>The father of a pauper lived in a township between two and three years before his death. In one of the years he had paid his tax himself, in the other the tax had been paid by a political committee. He had maintained himself by his own labor and by his pension money, without becoming a public burden. He had aided his son-in-law by a small loan to purchase a home, but had not purchased or leased real estate himself. Held that he had acquired no settlement under the poor laws.</p>