Umbel's Election
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 125, April T., 1910, by R. I. Patterson, from order of Q. S. Fayette Co., June Sessions, 1910, No. 257, dismissing petition for audit In re Audit of Account of Robert E. Umbel, Candidate for Democratic Nomination to the Office of Judge. Petition for audit.
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Appeal, No. 125, April T., 1910, by R. I. Patterson, from order of Q. S. Fayette Co., June Sessions, 1910, No. 257, dismissing petition for audit In re Audit of Account of Robert E. Umbel, Candidate for Democratic Nomination to the Office of Judge. Petition for audit. Before Van Swearingen, J. From the record it appeared that on July 13, 1909, Van Swearingen, J., made an order dismissing a petition to have the proceedings heard and tried before James Inghram, the president judge residing nearest the place of trial. [1] At the trial when Henry Bell was on the stand, the following offer-was…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
At the primary election held on June 9, 1909, the respondent was a candidate for nomination, and was nominated, as a candidate for election to the office of judge of the court of common pleas of Fayette county. On June 19 following he filed an account of his expenses under the Act of March 5, 1906, P. L. 78. Upon the petition of the requisite number of qualified electors of the county, setting forth that the account was not such a full, true and detailed account as is required by the provisions of said act and did not meet the requirements of the same, that the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Bechtel's Election ExpensesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
- Com. ex rel. McCracken v. WhiteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
- Kinney's Election ExpensesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
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