Poor District of Shrewsbury Township v. Poor District of Shrewsbury Township

Citations

• 20 Pa. Super. 270
• 1902 Pa. Super. LEXIS 223

Syllabus

<p>Poor law — Settlement—Purchase of land and residence thereon — Act of June 13, 1836, sec. 9, P. L. 54L.</p> <p>Under section 9 of the Act of June 13, 1836, P. L. 541, relating to the acquisition of a settlement of purchase of land and residence thereon, the pauper not only must become seized of a freehold estate, within the district, but he must also dwell upon it for a whole year. It is not sufficient for the pauper to dwell in the neighborhood of, or near to, his freehold in the district; he must dwell upon it.</p>