Wildoner v. Central Poor District

Citations

• 267 Pa. 375
• 110 A. 175
• 1920 Pa. LEXIS 867

Syllabus

<p>Poor law — Poor district — Immunity of sovereign state — Negligence of employees and inmates — Firing timber.</p> <p>1. Poor districts, acting as public agencies in the performance of functions necessary to the well-being of the government, are invested with the immunity which attaches to the sovereign state, and therefore not liable for the negligence of their officers or employees.</p> <p>2. A poor district cannot be held liable for a loss of timber destroyed by fire caused by the negligent acts of the inmates of the poorhouse while cleaning land and burning brush on a tract leased by the poor district from plaintiff.</p>