Balmer v. Pippy

DOYLE, Judge.

Robert A. Balmer and forty-two other registered electors residing in Pennsylvania’s 44th Legislative District (collectively, Bal-mer) appeal an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, which sustained the preliminary objections of John R. Pippy and dismissed Balmer’s petition contesting Pippy’s election as a Representative in Pennsylvania’s General Assembly. The Court of Common Pleas held that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction to try the issue and further held that jurisdiction rested with this Court.

The record reveals the following salient facts. On November…