Legal Opinion
Herminie Election District Returns of Sewickley Township
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 23, 1937No. Appeals, 186-189PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Kephart,
Appellants were candidates for school directors of Sewickley Township, Westmoreland County, at an election held November 5, 1935; three were to be elected. The other appellant, Speer, and appellee, Wilson, were rival candidates for the office of justice of the peace of that township. Sewickley Township is divided into seven election districts, of which Herminie district is one.
On November 13, 1935, a petition of the electors of Sewickley Township to recount the votes cast for township offices under the Act of April 23, 1927, P. L. 360, was granted by the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Plains Township Election ReturnsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
- Commonwealth ex rel. McCurdy v. LeechSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1863
- Commonwealth ex rel. Attorney-General v. GarriguesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1857
- Healey's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
3Cited by4 opinions
- Sewickley Township School District's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
- In Re Estate of StaufferSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- O'Halloran v. StaufferSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Harner Appeal, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County1947