Fitch Appeal

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Eagen,

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County in a proceeding arising out of the primary election of May 16, 1961.

The record presents a maze of confusion almost beyond human comprehension. This is no reflection upon the court below but is due entirely to the procedure followed by legal representatives of the party litigants who, in their zeal to protect their clients’ interests, filed pleading upon pleading in an effort to have their client legally declared the winner of the contested nomination.

Separating the wheat from the…