Gibson v. Poor Dist. of Plumcreek Tp.

Citations

• 122 Pa. 557
• 22 W.N.C. 512
• 15 A. 926
• 1888 Pa. LEXIS 632

Syllabus

<p>1. Except in eases oí imperative emergency, the overseers of the poor have no power to bind their districts to the repayment of money borrowed by them, even though it be at once applied to a debt of the district for the payment of which it was borrowed.</p> <p>2. While in cases of necessity the overseers might contract for supplies or even borrow money, for the relief of the poor, yet without a subsequent order of approval by two justices they may not collect such money or the cost of such supplies from the tax payers of the district: Directors of Poor v. Worthington, 38 Pa. 160; Directors of Poor v. Malany, 64 Pa. 144.</p> <p>3. A decree of a Court of Quarter Sessions, charging one district in favor of another with the payment of costs and charges, on an order of removal, creates of itself no such pressing necessity as will authorize the overseers to contract a debt in relief of their district-.</p>