Legal Opinion

Harner Appeal

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County

Decided December 8, 1947No. 444Published

1Opinion of the Court

WOODSIDE, J.,

— This comes before us on appeal of Henry E. Harner, a candidate for district attorney, from the decision of the county board of elections regarding the computation of the votes of *57the fifth precinct, seventh ward, Harrisburg, cast at the election held November 4, 1947.1

At this election two of the county commissioners were candidates for reélection and therefore the judges of the court of common pleas acted as “a return board” as is provided by section 1403(6) of the Pennsylvania Election Code of June 3,1937, P. L. 1333,25 PS §3153, hereinafter referred to as the Election Code.

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Plains Township Election ReturnsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  2. Twenty-Eighth Congressional District NominationSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
  3. West Mahanoy Township's Contested ElectionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
  4. Focht's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
  5. McIntyre's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941

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