Matter of Richards
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered October 25, 1917, which affirmed an order of Special Term rejecting a purported certificate of nomination of appellant as an independent candidate for the office of justice of the Municipal Court in the borough of Brooklyn.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered October 25, 1917, which affirmed an order of Special Term rejecting a purported certificate of nomination of appellant as an independent candidate for the office of justice of the Municipal Court in the borough of Brooklyn. Edward A. Richards and Harrison C. Glore were the candidates of the Democratic and Republican parties, respectively, for the office of justice of the Municipal Court of the city of New York for the seventh district of Brooklyn. That office was to be voted for by…
1Per curiam
We hold, first, that for the purposes of section 122 of the Election Law a Municipal Court district in the borough of Brooklyn is a political subdivision, and,, second, that said section of the Election Law considered in its general application to the state is not so unfair or unreasonable as to be unconstitutional.
The order should be affirmed, with costs.
Collin, Cuddeback, Hogan, Pound, McLaughlin and Andrews, JJ., concur; Hiscock, Ch. J., not voting.
Order affirmed.
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