Petition to Set Aside Special Election in Thirty-Second Senatorial District

Bane, J.,

This is a proceeding to contest the validity of an election under the provisions of the Pennsylvania Election Code of June 3, 1937, P. L. 1333, 25 PS §3401-3409, for the office of senator in the General Assembly from the 32nd Senatorial District of Pennsylvania, comprising the County of Fayette, instituted by qualified electors of said district and held to fill a vacancy in said office occasioned by the resignation of the incumbent on December 31, 1955.

The contest petition alleges that Thomas J. Kalman was illegally returned as elected to the office of senator for the unexpired term…