Hazle Township Election

Lewis, J.,

This is a case involving a rule to show cause why the petition contesting the election of Lewis Panzarella to the office of justice of the peace of Hazle Township, Luzerne County, Pa., should not be quashed.

On November 28, 1949, 76 days following the primary election, 20 qualified Democratic voters filed this petition in which they seek to have the court declare the office of the justice of the peace in Hazle Township vacant, and the election of Lewis Panzarella to this office null and void because of alleged irregularities in the primary election returns.

That Panzarella was duly…