Williamsport Overseers v. Eldred Township Overseers

Citations

• 54 Pa. Super. 62
• 1913 Pa. Super. LEXIS 13

Syllabus

<p>Poor law — Order of removal — Settlement—Burden of proof — Improper decree.</p> <p>1. On a petition for an order of removal of a pauper from one township to another, the burden of proof is on the petitioning township to. show that the last legal settlement of the pauper was in the township to which the pauper is sought to be removed. If no such proof is.furnished no order of removal can be made.</p> <p>2. On a petition for an order of removal, a decree is not in proper form which merely says: “The order of removal is affirmed with costs.”</p>