Corydon Township Election
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 164, Jan. T., 1*912, by O. J. Tome, from judgment of C. P. Warren Co., Dec. T., 1911, No. 25, in election contest In re Election of Supervisor in Corydon Township, Warren County. 'The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Error asigned was in entering judgment for Frank Kennedy.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
This was an election contest under the Act of May 19, 1874, P. L. 208, over the office of supervisor of roads of Corydon township, Warren county. On the face of the returns Frank Kennedy received 53 and O. J. Tome 54 votes. The court below found that one of the votes cast for the former and seven of those for the latter *589were illegal. This made the count, Kennedy 52, Tome 47, and the certificate of election was given accordingly; Tome has appealed.
One of Tome’s votes was rejected because the voter “had not paid any state or county tax within two years prior to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Contested Election of CusickLackawanna County Court of Quarter Sessions · 1890
3Cited by3 opinions
- Hanna's Election ContestClinton County Court of Quarter Sessions · 1924
- King's Contested ElectionFayette County Court of Quarter Sessions · 1922
- Stadtmiller's Appeal, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Indiana County1937