Commonwealth v. Morrison

Woodside, J.,

The petition of James Gregg seeks a writ of mandamus directing the Secretary of the Commonwealth to accept his nomination petition and to have the relator’s name certified *656to the County Board of Elections of the County of Westmoreland in the 27th congressional district as a candidate for the office of delegate to the National convention of the Republican Party.

Section 910 of the Pennsylvania Election Code of June 3, 1937, P. L. 1333, 25 PS §2870, requires that each candidate “shall file with his nomination petition his affidavit stating — (a) his- residence, with street and…