Legal Opinion
Rimer's Contested Election. Geary's App'l.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 25, 1934No. Appeal, 224PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Frazer,
At the general election held November 7, 1933, for the office of judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the Eighteenth Judicial District, composed of Clarion County, Harry M. Rimer was the nominee of the Republican and Prohibition parties and Albert A. Geary the nominee of the Democratic party. The official return indicated that Rimer received 6,660 votes and Geary 6,688 votes for the office. Accordingly Geary was returned as duly elected and a certificate of election issued to him. A petition on behalf of Rimer to contest the election, signed by more than…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Independence Party NominationSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
- Chase v. MillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1862
- Pasquinelli v. Southern Macaroni Mfg. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
- Election CasesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1870
- Rand v. KingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Commonwealth v. EmerickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
- Kaufman Construction Co. v. HolcombSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
- Bell AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
- Commonwealth v. CroninSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
- Grime v. Department of Public InstructionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
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