In re Lowey
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the petitioners, Leo Lowey and another, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Schoharie Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Columbia on the 19th day of August, 1918, denying the petition herein.
1Opinion of the Court
Lyon, J.:
In October, 1917, a written petition in due form requesting the submission of the questions relating to local option was *742filed with the town, clerk of the town of Ghent, Columbia county, N. Y. Within five days thereafter the town clerk filed a .certified copy thereof in the office of the county clerk of that county, and caused notice of such submission to be printed and posted. A similar notice was published. The election resulted in a majority of the votes being cast in favor of proposition No. 3, and against the other propositions. A certified copy of result of the vote was filed…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Earle v. . EarleNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
3Cited by1 opinion
- In re the Application for the Appointment of a Committee of the Person & Property of ClarksonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919