Schieffelin v. Valentine Komfort
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered August 27, 1914, which affirmed an order of Special Term denying a motion for an injunction pendente lite.
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Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered August 27, 1914, which affirmed an order of Special Term denying a motion for an injunction pendente lite. The following questions were certified to this court: First. %Is chapter 819 of the Laws of 1913, entitled “An Act to piovide for submitting to the people the question, (shall there be a convention to revise the Constitution and amend the same % ’ and to provide for such convention, if a majority of the electors shall decide that such convention be held,”…
1Opinion of the CourtChase, J.
This action is brought by an individual against the persons constituting the hoard of elections and custodians of primary records in each of the sixty-two counties of the state, and against Mitchell May, as secretary of state, for an injunction to restrain the boards of elections and the election officials of the state from taking steps preliminary to the nomination and election of delegates to a constitutional convention. In his complaint he alleges that he is a citizen, resident-elector and taxpayer of the city and county of New York.
An application was made in the action for an injunction…
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