Montour County v. Danville & Mahoning Poor District

Citations

• 50 Pa. Super. 275
• 1912 Pa. Super. LEXIS 41

Syllabus

<p>Poor law — Lunacy—Criminal lunatic — Maintenance—Laches.</p> <p>In a proceeding by a county against a poor district to recover for the expense of the maintenance of a criminal lunatic in a state hospital for the insane, the poor district cannot complain of a judgment of the court of quarter sessions imposing upon it liability for all such expenses incurred within six years prior to the institution of the proceedings, although it appears that an interval of over thirteen years had elapsed between the date of the commitment and the removal, and the date of the filing of the petition in the proceedings; and this is especially the case where there is no proof that the poor district was injured by loss of evidence by which a settlement elsewhere might be shown, or by reason of the dissipation of the lunatic’s estate, or the insolvency, death or removal of persons chargeable with the support.</p>