Legal Opinion
Lesker Case
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 24, 1954No. Appeal, No. 37PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Musmanno,
On March 15, 1954, Kurt J. Lesker, indicating his residence to be 1814 Brownsville Road, Pittsburgh, filed a nomination petition in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth as a candidate for Republican nomination for the office of assemblyman from the 9th Legislative District in Allegheny County. On March 22, 1954, Andrew P. Burgess filed objections to Lesker’s petition, asserting that Lesker lived at 4334 Brownsville Road, Brentwood Borough, was thus an inhabitant of the 15th Legislative District, and therefore disqualified from being a candidate in the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Jackson v. ConnellySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
3Cited by58 opinions
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