DocketNumber： Appeal, No. 119
Citation Numbers： 268 Pa. 303, 111 A. 876, 1920 Pa. LEXIS 681
Judges： Brown, Frazer, Moschzisker, Simpson, Stewart, Walling
Filed Date： 12/31/1920
Status： Precedential
Modified Date： 10/19/2024
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.