Commonwealth ex rel. Witman v. Ramsay
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 99, Jan T., 1895, by defendant, from order of Q. S. Berks Co., in an election contest. Petition to contest the election of Charles H. Ramsay to select council of the city of Reading. The case was referred to Henry A. Muhlenberg, Esq., as examiner. The record showed that the petition of five electors, signers of the original petition, for leave to withdraw therefrom, had not been disposed of.
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Appeal, No. 99, Jan T., 1895, by defendant, from order of Q. S. Berks Co., in an election contest. Petition to contest the election of Charles H. Ramsay to select council of the city of Reading. The case was referred to Henry A. Muhlenberg, Esq., as examiner. The record showed that the petition of five electors, signers of the original petition, for leave to withdraw therefrom, had not been disposed of. A motion to quash on the ground that two of the persons signing the original petition were not electors of the proper ward was also not disposed of. The court proceeded to final hearing, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Williams,
This is a certiorari and it brings up for review nothing but the record. The evidence heard, and the opinion rendered, by the court below it is well settled form no part of the record and are not before us, although they are printed in the appel-. lant’s paper-book and have aided us materially in understand-' ing the position of the case. The record begins with the petition and the order of the court for notice to the respondent, and it shows the procedure in the case down to the final decree. The petition of five of the persons who signed the original petition…
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