County Commissioner Substitute Nomination Case

Order Per Curiam, October 31, 1955:

The Court is unanimously of opinion that the order of the Court below should be affirmed.

Order affirmed and supersedeas heretofore granted vacated; opinion to be filed later.

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Horace Stern,

Harry W. Fowler was nominated on the Democratic ticket for the office of County Commissioner óf the *374County of Allegheny at the primary election held May 17, 1955. He died on October 24, 1955. On the following day the Executive Committee of the Democratic Party in Allegheny County, in accordance with party rules, designated Howard B. Stewart as a…