Fish's Election
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 48, Oct. T., 1922, by James Nevant, from order of Q. S. Mercer Co., Oct. T., 1921, No. 156, dismissing petition for contest of election of F. S. Fish for Burgess of Farrell. Petition for contest of election. Before McLatjghrv, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Petition dismissed. James Nevant appealed. Error assigned, inter alia, was order, quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Simpson,
On November 8, 1921, an election was held in the Borough of Farrell, and the official count showed that F. S. Fish received 1,253 votes for the office of burgess, and James Nevant 1,168 votes therefor. Subsequently twenty-five persons, Nevant not being among the number, instituted a contest, alleging in their petition that they were qualified electors and had voted at the election, that certain specified facts required the court to reject the entire poll of the Fourth Ward, and that this would result in the election of Nevant instead of Fish.
Respondent moved to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Krickbaum's Contested ElectionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
- Commonwealth, ex rel. Gast v. KellySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
- Knight v. Coudersport BoroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
- Contested Election of WheelockSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1876
- West Mahanoy Township's Contested ElectionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Ayre's Contested ElectionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
- Simon Election CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
- Winograd v. CoombsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
- Gunnett v. TroutSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
- Focht's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
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