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2 U.S. 213

Upper Dublin v. Germantown

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April Term, 1793.

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1793-04

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Decided 1793-04

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Cited by 16 later decisions (5 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2021

2 district · 9 state decisions

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¶1TWO Justices made an order, removing Rachel Peters, as a Pauper, from Germantown to Upper Dublin. On appeal, the Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia County confirmed the order. It was brought into this Court by Certiorari ; and the fact upon which Upper Dublin relied, was, that the two Justices, at the time the order was made, were inhabitants of, and rateable and contributary to the poor tax of Germantown.

¶2Upon argument by Rawle, for Upper Dublin, and Ingersoll, for Germantown, the Court, unanimously, quashed the order of Sessions, and the order of the two Justices.

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