Hamilton v. Johnson

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Sadler,

William Hamilton, relator in this proceeding, mailed to the secretary of the Commonwealth petitions of electors, asking that his náme be placed on the primary ballot for Erie County as a candidate for senator. They were received on March 5, 1928, the last day allowed by law for filing. An examination by the proper officers disclosed that less than two hundred persons had signed their names and also set forth the election districts in which they respectively resided, and the date on which their signatures were affixed. Without including these electors in the…