Relihan v. Brink

The Democratic County Chairman of Tioga County maintains this article 78 proceeding against respondent Brink, the sole Democratic member of the Board of Supervisors of the county and certain other county officers to annul the designation which Brink has made of the Candor Courier as the Democratic newspaper to publish public notices in pursuance of section 214 of the County Law and to require the designation of the Owego Gazette or some other newspaper advocating the principles of the Democratic Party. The court at Special Term has dismissed the petition.

The statute which authorizes the…