Zerby v. Snare
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certiorari to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Dauphin county: Of May Term, 1884, No. 49. A petition of twenty-five qualified voters of the first ward of the borough of Steelton was filed, contesting the .election of Harry H. Snare, as high constable of said borough, on the ground that certain of the ballots east were illegal, in that instead of being printed with the heading “Borough,” as directed by law, they were headed “ Republican Borough Ticket.”
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Certiorari to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Dauphin county: Of May Term, 1884, No. 49. A petition of twenty-five qualified voters of the first ward of the borough of Steelton was filed, contesting the .election of Harry H. Snare, as high constable of said borough, on the ground that certain of the ballots east were illegal, in that instead of being printed with the heading “Borough,” as directed by law, they were headed “ Republican Borough Ticket.” The petition averred that the officers of the general election held for said borough on the third Tuesday of February, 1884, liave certified…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the-court was filed October 6th, 1884.'
2Per curiam
This petition was properly quashed. Conceding that the indorsement on some of the tickets was in such form as to make them illegal ballots, yet the petition does not aver that they were cast for the respondent, nor counted as votes in his favor. It does not state the whole *185number of votes cast in tbe ward, nor tbe number improperly endorsed.
Waiving the question of the legality of the endorsement, we think the insufficiency of the petition justified the decision of the court.
Judgment affirmed.
3Cited by3 opinions
- Pazdrak's Contested ElectionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
- Eckert's ElectionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
- South Union Township Election, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Fayette County1947