Legal Opinion
McCormick's Contested Election
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 6, 1924No. Appeal, 2PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Chief Justice Moschziskee,
Petition to contest a primary election was quashed by the court below, and this appeal ensued.
Paul K. McCormick and W. D. Hunter were candidates for nomination on the Republican ticket for the office of representative in the General Assembly from the Third Legislative District of Westmoreland County, at a primary election held April 22, 1924. The returns showed a majority of votes for McCormick. He moved to quash the petition for contest: (1) because it failed to aver that the will of the qualified electors was not correctly expressed by the votes as…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Gail v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
- Commonwealth v. AldermanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
- Summers v. KramerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
- Twenty-First Senatorial District NominationSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
- Carter's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Dauphin Deposit Trust Co. v. MyersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
- Twenty-First Senatorial District NominationSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
- Sterrett v. MacLeanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
- International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union v. AckermanDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1949
- Frank, Admr. v. BayukSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
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