In re Contested Election of Redman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 180, Oct. T., 1895, by Frank T. Redman, from order of Q. S. Allegheny Co., March T., 1895, No. 2, directing new election for justice of the peace in the borough of Braddock. Petition for election contest. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 180, Oct. T., 1895, by Frank T. Redman, from order of Q. S. Allegheny Co., March T., 1895, No. 2, directing new election for justice of the peace in the borough of Braddock. Petition for election contest. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The material portions of the disputed ballot, a copy of which was attached to the petition, was in form as follows: a cross 00 marked in the square at the right of the name OF EACH CANDIDATE, INSIDE THE LINE ENCLOSING THE COLUMN, ÍNMCATES TyOtFfOR EACH CANDIDATE THUS MARKED. IF A CROSS (N) BE MARKED WITHIN THE CIRCLE IT WILL…
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Opinion by
Mr. Justice Sterrett,
As shown by official returns of last municipal election in Braddock borough the appellant was elected justice of the peace by a majority of one vote. The petitioners alleged and succeeded in satisfying the court below that a certain rejected ballot should have been counted by the election officers. The result was a tie between appellant and his leading competitor John S. Lowry; and a new election was accordingly ordered. The controlling question is, whether the ballot referred to was illegal and rightly rejected by the election officers.
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