Wylie's Appeal

Citations

• 239 Pa. 510
• 86 A. 1018
• 1913 Pa. LEXIS 600

Syllabus

<p>Contested election — Act of 187It-, P. L. 208 — Averments in petition.</p> <p>In an election contest instituted by petition under Section 18 of the Act of May 19, 1874, P. L. 208, it is not necessary for the petitioners to aver in their petition as a jurisdictional fact that they voted at the election for the office contested but they are only required to aver that they voted at the general election out of which the controversy grows.</p>