Contested Election of Wheelock
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certiorari to the Quarter Sessions of Warren county: Of January Term 1876, No. 226. Certified from Eastern District. These were proceedings begun by John F. Davis and twenty-five other qualified electors of Warren county to contest the election of Wheelock to the office of county commissioner.
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Certiorari to the Quarter Sessions of Warren county: Of January Term 1876, No. 226. Certified from Eastern District. These were proceedings begun by John F. Davis and twenty-five other qualified electors of Warren county to contest the election of Wheelock to the office of county commissioner. The petition set forth that the officers of an election held November 2d 1875, had returned 1904 votes as cast for Wheelock, and 1854 votes for Darius Mead, and that the election was illegal, (1) because “ in the election district of Pine Grove the election was not held at the house of John Russell, the…
1Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the Supreme Court was entered, October 10th 1876,
Per Curiam. —
We discover no error in this case. The grounds sustaining the election of Edwin R. Wheelock are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court below.
Proceedings affirmed.
2Cited by18 opinions
- Krickbaum's Contested ElectionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
- Fish's ElectionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
- Knight v. Coudersport BoroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
- Ayre's Contested ElectionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
- Winograd v. CoombsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
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