Cramer's Election Case
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 294, Jan. T., 1914, by petitioners, from decree of Q. S. Fayette Co., Dec. Sess., 1913, No. 5, adjudging that Charles T. Cramer was the duly elected tax collector of the Borough of Uniontown, in case of Alexander W. Craig, John Thorn-dell, Matt Allen, O. M. Boughner, Earl S. Areford, C. A. Rhoads, Chad.
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Appeal, No. 294, Jan. T., 1914, by petitioners, from decree of Q. S. Fayette Co., Dec. Sess., 1913, No. 5, adjudging that Charles T. Cramer was the duly elected tax collector of the Borough of Uniontown, in case of Alexander W. Craig, John Thorn-dell, Matt Allen, O. M. Boughner, Earl S. Areford, C. A. Rhoads, Chad. L. John, D. W. McDonald, Percy D. Hagan, Thomas W. Hunt, A. A. McDowell, John W. Wood, John O. Clark, James Hankins, James R. Cray, W. C. John, D. E. Bane, J. W. Dawson, Thomas J. Moyer, L. H. Frasher, A. C. Hagan, W. C. McKean, R. W. Dawson, C. J. McCormick, John S. Christy,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
This proceeding was instituted in the Court of Quar*210ter Sessions of Fayette County upon the petition of the requisite number of qualified voters contesting the election of Charles T. Cramer to the office of tax collector of the Borough of Uniontown in said county. The election had been held 4th of Noveihber, 1913, and by the returns filed it appeared that of the whole number of votes cast for tax collector, Charles T. Cramer received 1110, and J. Searight Marshall, the opposing candidate, 1069: The contest involved the integrity of the election held in the fourth…
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