Moritz's Contested Election
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 348, Jan. T., 1916, by Louis F. Moritz, from order of Q. S., Luzerne Co., November Sess., 1915, No. 324, on petition for an election contest, In re Contested Election of Louis F. Moritz to the Office of Township Commissioner in and for the Tenth Election District of Plains Township. Petition for an election contest. Before Strauss, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts.
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Appeal, No. 348, Jan. T., 1916, by Louis F. Moritz, from order of Q. S., Luzerne Co., November Sess., 1915, No. 324, on petition for an election contest, In re Contested Election of Louis F. Moritz to the Office of Township Commissioner in and for the Tenth Election District of Plains Township. Petition for an election contest. Before Strauss, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court granted the petition and found that Stephan Tkach was elected to the office of township commissioner for the tenth elective district of Plains Township and directed that he exercise the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
At the general election held November 2, 1915, Louis F. Moritz, the appellant, was returned elected to the of*539fice of township commissioner in and for the tenth election district of Plains Township in the County of Luzerne, by a majority of one over the vote cast for the opposing candidate. On the 29th of November following a petition to contest the election was filed, in which it was alleged that upwards of thirty illegal votes had been cast' counted and returned at said election for the said Louis F. Moritz, and that upwards of sixty-one legal votes had been…
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