Ransley's Contested Election
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Ransley's Contested Election, 268 Pa. 303 (Pa. 1920)
111 A. 876; 1920 Pa. LEXIS 681
Brown, Frazer, Moschzisker, Simpson, Stewart, Walling
Ransley's Contested Election
Opinion of the Court
The proceeding instituted in the court below was to contest the nomination of Harry C. Ransley as the Republican candidate for. Congress at a primary election held in the Third Congressional District of Pennsylvania on May 18, 1920. No statute authorizes such a contest in the court below, and it was, therefore, without jurisdiction to entertain appellants’ petition.
The order quashing it for want of jurisdiction is affirmed at their costs.
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- Syllabus
- Election law — Congressman—Nominations—Primary election— Jurisdiciion — Quarter sessions. The court of quarter sessions has no jurisdiction to entertain a petition to contest the nomination of a candidate for Congress at a primary election.