Lawrence Overseers v. Delaware Overseers

Citations

• 148 Pa. 380
• 23 A. 1124
• 1892 Pa. LEXIS 990

Syllabus

<p>Poor laws — Settlement—Payment of taxes — Act of June 13, 1836, section 9.</p> <p>A settlement under the provisions of the act of June 13, 1836, section 9, clause 2, P. L. 542, cannot be gained by a payment of taxes by one who at the times the taxes are paid is chargeable to, and receiving aid as a pauper from, another district.</p> <p>If, however, one is lawfully charged with taxes and pays them during two years, it does not necessarily follow that his acceptance of temporary relief, under an order for which he did not apply, prevents him from obtaining a settlement.</p> <p>Payment of taxes — Agency—Political committee.</p> <p>The payment of taxes must be the act of the person charged, and while it may be made by his agent, in such case the agency should appear either by express proof, or by facts and circumstances which fairly establish its existence. It will not be considered a payment by the party, when it appears that without his authority or approval, a tax was paid by a member of a political committee, in order to entitle the party in whose name the tax was assessed to vote.</p>