In re Murphy
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Harry J. Murphy from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 15th day of October, 1919, denying his application for an order directing the board of elections of the city of New York to cause his name, as a candidate of the Home Rule party for the office of member of the Assembly for the sixteenth district, to be printed on the official ballot for the general election to…
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Appeal by Harry J. Murphy from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 15th day of October, 1919, denying his application for an order directing the board of elections of the city of New York to cause his name, as a candidate of the Home Rule party for the office of member of the Assembly for the sixteenth district, to be printed on the official ballot for the general election to be held November 4, 1919.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The application was presented on an order to show cause based on the appellant’s affidavit and two letters of the respondent, annexed thereto. The affidavit shows that a certificate of independent nomination of the Home Rule League, nominating the affiant for said office, was filtd with *137the board of elections on the 2d day of September, 1919, and that it was in form “ as provided for by law,” .and contained the names of about 1,500 electors, residents of said Assembly district, all of whom were duly qualified to sign said certificate as he was informed and verily believed; that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In re McGrathAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919
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