Morgan v. Terrill
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 163, Oct. T., 1910, by defendant, from order of Q. S. Schuylkill Co., March Sessions, 1910, No. 1, declaring John T. Morgan elected assessor. Rule to show cause why election returns should not be modified. Before Shay, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was the order of the court of quarter sessions.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
By the return filed in the office of the clerk of the court of quarter sessions by the election board of the east ward of the borough of Gilberton, it appeared that John T. Morgan and William Terrill, the two opposing candidates for the office of assessor, each received 169 votes at the election held on February 15, 1910. The overseer appointed by the court under the Act of January 30, 1874 P. L. 31, made a special report, which was filed on the same day as the return, in which he explained his omission to sign the return, by saying that two ballots were rejected from…
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