Franklin Township Poor District v. Danville & Mahoning Poor District

Citations

• 25 Pa. Super. 40
• 1904 Pa. Super. LEXIS 10

Syllabus

<p>Poor law — Order of removal — Notice—Acis of June 13, 1836, sec. 19, P. L. 539, and May 12, 1897, P. L. 67.</p> <p>Where a poor district has not received five days’ notice as required by the Act of May 12, 1897, P. L. 63, of an application to two justices of the peace for an order of removal of a poor person, and the poor district in its petition for leave to appeal to the quarter sessions, complains of the lack of proper notice, and subsequently after the appeal is allowed objects to the taking of testimony because of the lack of notice, a decree confirming the order of removal will be reversed by the Superior Court.</p> <p>Under the Act of June 13, 1836, sec. 19, P. L. 539, a poor district is entitled to appeal to the court of quarter sessions from an order of two justices of the peace removing a poor person, and on such an appeal all proper defenses may be raised.</p>