Brown's Nomination Papers

Citations

• 237 Pa. 570
• 85 A. 872
• 1912 Pa. LEXIS 967

Syllabus

<p>Election law — Nomination papers — Regularity of papers.</p> <p>Where there are four candidates of a party for a district only entitled to three representatives, and the nomination papers of three of the candidates have priority over the fourth in point of filing and are regular in form, showing upon the face of the papers that the requirements of the law have been met, the burden is on the fourth candidate to establish the invalidity of the papers of the other candidates, and if he fails to do so his papers will not be certified.</p>