Melvin v. Summerville

Citations

• 210 Pa. 41
• 59 A. 483
• 1904 Pa. LEXIS 831

Syllabus

<p>Poor laws—Poorhouse—Aeis of April 4, 1870, P. L. 834; June 4, 1879, P. L. 78 and April 19, 1895, P. L. 38.</p> <p>Neither the local Act of April 4, 1870, P. L. 834 nor the general Act of April 19, 1895, P. L. 38, apply to the erection of a poorhouse on a contract made for the Clarion county poor district by the county commissioners under the general Act of June 4, 1879, P. L. 78.</p> <p>Under the Act of June 4, 1879, P. L. 78, the poor district, although coterminous with the county, is a separate quasi municipal corporation, and it acts through county officers merely for convenience of administration.</p>