Lawlor's Contested Election
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 544, Jam T., 1896, by Martin J. Lawlor, from order of Q. S. Schuylkill Co., declaring election void. Petition in election contest. Before Pershing, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was in declaring the election invalid. The past-er as affixed to the official ballot in the present case obliterated no names, no-titles to office, no directions, but was inserted in the blank space provided for it on the official ballot.
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Appeal, No. 544, Jam T., 1896, by Martin J. Lawlor, from order of Q. S. Schuylkill Co., declaring election void. Petition in election contest. Before Pershing, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was in declaring the election invalid. The past-er as affixed to the official ballot in the present case obliterated no names, no-titles to office, no directions, but was inserted in the blank space provided for it on the official ballot. This case was decided by the court below on the petition and answer. The official ballots were not produced, and no sample…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Sterrett,
At an election held in and for the borough of Shenandoah on the third Tuesday of February, 1896, the appellant was returned elected to the office of justice of the peace in said borough. The validity of the election having been duly contested, it was adjudged illegal and void, and was accordingly set aside by the court for want of compliance with the election law. Hence this appeal by the contestee, in which the correctness of said adjudication is challenged.
A careful consideration of the record has convinced us that the decree is substantially correct,…
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