Armstrong's Appeal

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Simpson,

At the election held November 8, 1927, Robert F. Sample and H. Russell Anderson were rival candidates for the office of school director in Hampton Township, Allegheny County, Pa. The township had four election districts, and, by adding together the returns made by the four sets of election officers, Sample apparently had a small majority. Before these returns were computed and canvassed, a petition was duly filed, as authorized by the Act of April 23, 1927, P. L. 360, asking the court of common pleas to impound the ballot box in the second election district of…