Overseers of the Poor of Forest City v. Overseers of the Poor of Damascus

Citations

• 176 Pa. 116
• 34 A. 351
• 1896 Pa. LEXIS 1051

Syllabus

<p>Poor laws — Settlement—Act of June 13, 1836.</p> <p>Under section 9, clause 5 of the poor law of June 13, 1836, P. L. 542, which declares that a settlement may be gained in any district “ by any unmarried person not having a child who shall be lawfully bound or hired as a servant within such district and shall continue in such service one whole year,” the word “ child” in the act means a legitimate child, and an unmarried female having a bastard child may gain a settlement by hiring and service for one whole year.</p> <p>Poor laws — Findings of fact as to settlement of pauper.</p> <p>The Supreme Court will not reverse the findings of fact by the court below based upon sufficient evidence that a pauper whose settlement was in dispute was an unmarried adult; that she hired as a servant for her boarding and clothes within the defendant poor district, and continued in such service one whole year.</p>