Commonwealth ex rel. McCormick v. Reeder
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal No. 6, May T., 1895, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Dauphin Co., No. 20, Commonwealth Docket, ordering a mandamus and directing judgment to be entered in favor of plaintiff. Mandamus to compel the secretary of the commonwealth to prepare ballots of a particular kind.
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Appeal No. 6, May T., 1895, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Dauphin Co., No. 20, Commonwealth Docket, ordering a mandamus and directing judgment to be entered in favor of plaintiff. Mandamus to compel the secretary of the commonwealth to prepare ballots of a particular kind. The petition of the relator, Henry C. McCormick, attorney general, for mandamus was as follows: That by an Act entitled “ An act to regulate the nomination and election of public officers,” etc., approved the 10th day of June, 1893, it is made the duty of the secretary of the commonwealth to prepare forms of all…
1Opinion of the Court
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Mr. Justice Dean,
The act of June 24, 1895, P. L. 212, provided for the creation of the Superior Court, a court intermediate between the Supreme Court and the courts of common pleas,'to be composed of seven judges, to be appointed by the governor, to hold their offices under this appointment until the first Monday of January following: In the meantime, at the general election in November, their successors were to be elected to hold office for the term of ten years from said first Monday of January.
In the first section of the act it is provided that: “ No elector may vote, either…
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