Legal Opinion

Abbott's Nomination

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Luzerne County

Decided July 1, 1921No. 752PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Application to set aside nomination paper. C. P. Luzerne Co., Oct. T., 1921, No. 752.

1Opinion of the CourtFuller, P. J.

This application, with commendable caution in order to prevent escape under any possible variation of name, attacks the nomination papers of “jud Abott,” “Judson H. Abbott” or “H. Judson Abbot,” although those papers clearly set forth only the name of “H. Judd Abbott,” which we believe to be the real name of the candidate.

The only ground of attack is that he holds office as deputy revenue collector under the United States, constituting alleged ineligibility for the office of county controller under the Act of June 27, 1895, P. L. 403, 404, which provides *601that “No person holding office under…

2Cited by1 opinion

  1. In Re the Nomination Petition of KloiberCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1976

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