Newport Township Election Contest

Opinion by

Wright, J.,

At the November 1953 election, Lonis Kavetski and Anthony Beeunas were opposing candidates for the office of tax collector of Newport Township in Luzerne County. Following an election contest, which involved the votes cast in the sixth ward of said township embracing the buildings and grounds of Retreat State Hospital, the Court of Common Pleas declared Beeunas elected. In dismissing the contest the said court specifically held that “the Complaint was not without probable cause”, and therefore directed that the costs be paid by the municipalities involved under the…