Legal Opinion

Field Election Contest Case

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 9, 1953No. Appeal, 235PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

Per Curiam,

This case is so indistinguishable on its facts from Koch Election Contest Case, 351 Pa. 544, 41 A. 2d 657, that we affirm the decree entered below on the basis of the holding in that case. The one factual difference, which the appellant urges, is that the present petitioner did not aver dereliction of duty on the part of the county return board as a ground for granting him leave to appeal, nunc pro tunc, under Section 1407 of the Pennsylvania Election Code (25 PS §3157) from the county return board’s computation and certification. Wrongdoing on the part of the board is not a…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Koch Election Contest CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. In Re Petition to Contest the General Election for District JusticeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  2. Jones Election Contest CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  3. Kulpmont Borough Election Case, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Northumberland County1966

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