People ex rel. Noyes v. Board of Canvassers
New York Supreme Court
Application by Henry T. Hoyes for a peremptory writ of mandamus to the-board of canvassers of Seneca county. Laws N. Y. 1842, c. 130, tit. 4, § 42, (1 Rev. St., 8th Ed., p. 421,) is as follows: “Sec. 42. The canvass shall be-completed by ascertaining how many ballots of the same kind, corresponding in respect to the names of persons thereon, and the officers for which, they are designated, have been received and, the result being found, the-inspector shall securely attach to…
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Application by Henry T. Hoyes for a peremptory writ of mandamus to the-board of canvassers of Seneca county. Laws N. Y. 1842, c. 130, tit. 4, § 42, (1 Rev. St., 8th Ed., p. 421,) is as follows: “Sec. 42. The canvass shall be-completed by ascertaining how many ballots of the same kind, corresponding in respect to the names of persons thereon, and the officers for which, they are designated, have been received and, the result being found, the-inspector shall securely attach to a statement of such canvass one ballot of each kind found to have been given for the officers to be chosen at such…
1Opinion of the CourtDavy, J.
This is an application for a peremptory writ of mandamus requiring the board of county canvassers of Seneca county to reconvene, and to correct certain errors committed by them in counting the votes for representative in congress, cast at the last general election in the first and second election districts of the town of Seneca Falls. It is admitted by the respondents that the board of canvassers made their estimate of the number of votes cast for representative in congress in the first and second districts, referred to, from the sample ballots attached to the inspectors’ certificates instead…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- The People v. . CookNew York Court of Appeals · 1853
- People ex rel. Deuchler v. Board of County CanvassersNew York Supreme Court · 1882
3Cited by1 opinion
- People ex rel. Noyes v. Board of CanvassersNew York Supreme Court · 1891