Lamb's Nomination Petition

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Lamb's Nomination Petition, 251 Pa. 102 (Pa. 1915)
96 A. 255; 1915 Pa. LEXIS 642
Brown, Elkin, Frazer, Moschzisker, Potter, Stewart

Lamb's Nomination Petition

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

Nothing can be added to the clear demonstration of the learned court below that the office of mine inspector, to which each of the appellants seeks an election this year, is a State office, to be voted for only in an even numbered year. There was therefore an error in each nomination paper apparent on its face, and the appellee, a qualified elector of the County of Schuylkill had a status, without regard to his own party affiliation, to ask the court to prevent any nomination at the primary election for this year by any political party for an office which cannot be filled by the electors until next year. Each appeal is dismissed at the cost of the appellant, and the order in each case is affirmed on the opinion of the court below setting aside Lamb’s petition.

Reference

Full Case Name
Lamb's Nomination Petition. Fenton's Nomination Petition
Cited By
7 cases
Status
Published
Syllabus
Elections — Mine inspectors — State office — Nomination petitions —Obvious errors. 1. The office of mine inspector is a State office and candidates therefor can be voted for only in an-even numbered year. 2. A nomination petition to have printed the name of a candidate for the office of mine inspector upon a ballot to be used at a primary election in an odd numbered year, is erroneous on its face and is properly set aside at the instance of a qualified elector of the county wherein it was filed, without regard to the party affiliation of the petitioner.