Commonwealth Ex Rel. Levine v. Fair

394 Pa. 262 (1958)

Commonwealth ex rel. Levine, Appellant,

v.

Fair.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued September 30, 1958.

December 13, 1958.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, MUSMANNO, JONES and COHEN, JJ.

Frank O. Moretti, with him Orville Brown, and Sherman K. Levine, for appellant.

W. Walter Braham, for appellee.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, December 13, 1958:

In the fall of 1957, an election campaign of almost pyrotechnical intensity crackled and raged in Lawrence County for the office of district attorney. Fiery speeches, inflammatory handbills, radio denunciations kept the political atmosphere at…