West Mahanoy Township's Contested Election
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, No. 260 and 261, January T., 1916, by Thomas McCoy and Frank J. Donahue, from order of Q. S. Schuylkill Co., decreeing null and void an election for school directors in Lost Creek precinct, In re Petition of Citizens of the Township of West Mahanoy, County of Schuylkill, to contest the election of Thomas McCoy to the office of School Director in said Township; and In Be Petition of Citizens of the Township of West Mahanoy, County of Schuylkill, to contest the…
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Appeals, No. 260 and 261, January T., 1916, by Thomas McCoy and Frank J. Donahue, from order of Q. S. Schuylkill Co., decreeing null and void an election for school directors in Lost Creek precinct, In re Petition of Citizens of the Township of West Mahanoy, County of Schuylkill, to contest the election of Thomas McCoy to the office of School Director in said Township; and In Be Petition of Citizens of the Township of West Mahanoy, County of Schuylkill, to contest the election of Frank J. Donahue to the office of School Director in said Township. Petition for an election contest. Before…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Chief -Justice Beown,
At an election held November 2, 1915, two school directors were to be elected in the West Mahanoy Township School District, Schuylkill County. There are four election precincts in the township—Lost Creek, William Penn, Brownsville and Haven Bun. Thomas McCoy and Prank J. Donahue, the appellants, were candidates for school directors on the Democratic ticket, and John D. Edmunds and John Cosgrove, the appellees, were candidates for the same office on the Bepublican ticket. McCoy and Donahue were returned as elected, but, within the period fixed by the statute…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Krickbaum's Contested ElectionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
- Melvin's CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1871
3Cited by18 opinions
- Fish's ElectionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
- In Re Petition to Contest the General Election for District JusticeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
- Ayre's Contested ElectionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
- Simon Election CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
- Bright's Contested ElectionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
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