Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-08-13
-FOUR OPINIONS
HANDED Down

lOItnOuu WIFI MS E1OuuI d uIlSo INaus
and Associates Blee and Welliver on
the bench Opinions were handed
down in four important cases.
NEW VIEWERS APPOINTED.
In re petition for change of public
road in Limestone township. Opinion
of the court sur exceptions to report
o. viewers.
The viewers were not sworn before
proceeding to perform the duties Of
their appointment as is required by
the act of June l3. 1896. The oath
which they took and subscribed was
insufficient. For this reason the first
exception filed by Alexander Bill
meyer is sustained. The court did not
deem it necessary to consider the 9TH
er exceptions. The petition is in prop
er form aud it becomes necessary to
award another view thereon.
Accordingly the report of viewers
was set aside by the court and D. N.
Dietfenbacher, surveyor, John E. Rob-
erts and Thomas Madden were ap-
pointed viewers as prayed for in the
original petition filed February 1, 1908,
DECREE AMENDED.
Overseers of the poor of the poor
district of the township of Limestone
VS. overseers of the poor of the poor
district Of the township of West Hem
lock. Re argument of rule to show
cause, etc.
The case involves the maintenance
Of Eva Sees, pauper, and has been
before court for several years. 1t was
found that the residence of Eva Sees
was in West Hemlock township and
further that the plaintiff poor district
had notified the defendant poor dis.
trict on July %, 1905, that the psuper
had become charge on the plaintiff
poor district-that her residence was
in the defendant poor district and that
they should remove her, ect.
The order made May 81. 1907, dis
charging the rule was revoked by the
court on Saturday and it was further
ordered that the decree of the court
made December %, 1905, be amended
so that the defendant poor district,
shall pay to the plaintiff poor district
the proper charges for the relief of the
said Eva Sees from July 22, 1905, in
stead of from September 1905, as at
first ordered.
EFFECTS SAVING OF $1,000.
An opinion was also handed down
in re lunacy of William Guilford. The
case was argued before court on Satur-
day, August lst The opinion and de-
cree of court adjudges the poor dis
trict OF the city of Lock Haven TO be
the place of last legal settlement Of the
said William Guilford. This decision
effects saving of at least two thou.
sand dollars to the county Of Montour.
Upon the petition of the county
commissioners Of Montour, rule was
granted on the county commissioners
Of Clinton county and the oyerseers OF
the poor of the poor district of the
city of Lock Haven in said county to
show cause why said poor district
should not again be adiudged by this
court as the place of the last legal
settlement of William Guilford.
1t was admitted by its counsel in
open court at the argument of this
case recently that the last and present
legal settlement of William Guiltord
is in the poor district of the city Of
Lcok Haven in the county of Clinton
The conclusion OF the law therefore i.
that said poor district is legally liable
for his maintenance, support and care
in the hospital at Warren. where he il
now confined, or wherever he may
hereafter be confined by this court.
In decreeing the poor district of tht
city Of Lock Haven in the county Of
, Clinton to be the place of the last
legal settlement of the said William
Guilford the court further ordered
that such legal settlement Of william
Guilford as thus again adiudged anC
decreed be properly certified by thi
court to the trustees of the State hos
pital for the insane at Warren, wher
Guilford is now confined by previou
order of this court.
EXCEPTIONS SUSTAINED.
Estate of Philip S. Moser, deceased
Opinion of the court sur exception t.
auditors report. The decedent, Phil
S. Moser, farmer and hotel keepe
residing in Valley township, this coun
ty, died lntestate the latter part o
June 1906. Letters of administratio
upon his estate were granted to Georg
W. Moser. brother, and to Mary
Moser, his widow. The decedent
personal property being insufficient
for the payment of his debts his rea
estate was soldEfor the payment of tn
same through proceedings in the orpl
ans court. His administrators filed
final account of their administratio
Of his estate, keeping the personal proT
erty and real estate funds separate
Six exceptions were filed to the sal
account by Jacob 5. Moser, brothe
Of the decedent.