Legal Opinion

Little Beaver Township School Directors' Election

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 7, 1895No. Appeal, No. 288PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeal, No. 288, Oct. T., 1894, by Albert McCowin and R. J. Miller, from order of Q. S. Lawrence Co., March T., 1894, No. 39, on petition contesting election. Petition contesting election.- Before Hazen, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was decree, quoting it.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mb. Chibe Justice Stebbett,

The controlling question in this case is whether, upon the undisputed facts, the votes in controversy which were counted by the election officers for the appellants Albert McCowin and R. J. Miller, respectively, for the office of school director, etc., should not have been rejected, for the reason that they were nob cast according to the provisions of the act of June 10, 1893, entitled “ An Act to regulate the nomination and election of public officers,” etc., P. L. 419.

The court found that, “ at the general election held in Little Beaver Township on…

2Cited by18 opinions

  1. In Re Canvass of Absentee Ballots of Nov. 4, 2003 General ElectionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  2. Weber AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
  3. Pfaff v. BaconSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1915
  4. Diamond Street, PittsburgSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
  5. Rodgers' Contested ElectionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912

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