Brown's Nomination Papers
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 14, May T., 1913, from order of C. P. Dauphin Co., Jan. T., 1913, Nos. 185 and 186, in proceedings for nomination of Andrew F. Brown as a candidate of the Washington Party for the Fifth Legislative District of Philadelphia County. Objection to nomination papers. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Error assigned was in certifying the papers of Andrew F. Brown.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
There cannot be two candidates of the same party for the same office at the same time: Wakefield’s App., 229 Pa. 585. In the present case there are four candidates of the Washington Party for the same office in a district only entitled to three representatives. Such a result *571should be avoided in the orderly conduct of elections, and in the case at bar it can be avoided by giving to the nomination papers of Cox, Sherwood and Wilson their prima facie value. These nomination papers are regular in form and have priority in point of filing. They are signed by a sufficient number of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Wakefield's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1911
- Wakefield's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1911