Kearns v. Howley
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 89, Oct. T., 1898, by defendants, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Oo., April T., 1898, No. 1035, on bill in equity. Bill in equity for an injunction against the chairman and secretary of the democratic county committee of Allegheny county. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 89, Oct. T., 1898, by defendants, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Oo., April T., 1898, No. 1035, on bill in equity. Bill in equity for an injunction against the chairman and secretary of the democratic county committee of Allegheny county. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court below entered the following decree: Let an injunction issue forbidding the defendants, or either of them, from adding to the roll, exhibit No. 3, any names, upon pretense of filling vacancies, or of adding those who have or claim to have produced credentials to the chairman…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Dean,
The members of the democratic county committee of Allegheny county by the rules of the party are elected at the primary elections on the last Saturday of August hi each year. By Bule VIL the election officers must certify the vote for each candidate to the executive committee of each ward, borough and township, and also to the chairman of the county committee. The election of the delegates who are to compose the county convention to nominate candidates for county offices are elected at the same time, and the convention meets the following Monday or Tuesday. Buie…
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