Bechtel's Election Expenses
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 170, Oct. T., 1908, by-Andrew Robertson et al., from order of Q. S. Schuylkill Co., dismissing petition for audit of account of Harry 0. Bechtel, candidate for Judge of Schuylkill County. Audit of account of Harry L. Bechtel, candidate for judge. Before Mare, P. J., and Shay, J. At the audit the judges permitted the accountant to file receipts omitted from the account which should, have accompanied it.
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Appeal, No. 170, Oct. T., 1908, by-Andrew Robertson et al., from order of Q. S. Schuylkill Co., dismissing petition for audit of account of Harry 0. Bechtel, candidate for Judge of Schuylkill County. Audit of account of Harry L. Bechtel, candidate for judge. Before Mare, P. J., and Shay, J. At the audit the judges permitted the accountant to file receipts omitted from the account which should, have accompanied it. (8) They also permitted the accountant to file the names of certain canvassers which had been inadvertently omitted from the account, although the sums paid to them had been set…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
A number of important propositions, strongly urged upon us at the argument of this cause, have been practically disposed of by the decisions, since the argument, In re Likins, 37 Pa. Superior Ct. 625, 637, and the affirmance of both of those judgments by the Supreme Court. Following these decisions we' must hold the Act of March 5, 1906, P. L. 78, commonly called “The Corrupt Practices Act,” — at least as to the several sections thereof involved in this appeal — to be a valid and constitutional enactment. The motion to quash the appeal, because of the alleged invalidity of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ShaleenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
- Stull v. ReberSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
- Likins's PetitionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
3Cited by11 opinions
- Lurie v. Republican AllianceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
- Laub's Expense AccountSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
- Jermyn's Election ExpensesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
- In Re Petition of WilhelmSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
- In Re Petition of WilhelmSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
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