Legal Opinion

In re Taylor

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 1, 1896PublishedCited by 3 opinions

• - Appeal by the petitioner, Daniel B. Taylor, from an order,made by-the county judge of Westchester county and entered in the -office of the eleflc of the county of Westehester on the 28th day of ■December, 1895, denying his petition to have declared illegal an elec' .tion to determine whether, the village of Mamaroneck should be -incorporated: - - - . .

1Opinion of the Court

Cullen, J.:

The main objection urged by the appellant against the regularity of the election in question is that it was conducted in accordance with the provisions of section 9 of the General Act for the Incorporation of Villages (Chap. 291, Laws of 1870), arid no wise in conformity with the requirements of the Election Law of 1892 (Chap. 680)-; -that is to say, there were no official ballots provided for the election, and ■the ballots voted at the election were not blanket ballots but separate ballots in favor of or against the proposed incorporation; also there were no voting booths, guard…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Mark v. . the StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1885

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State Ex Inf. Barrett v. ImhoffSupreme Court of Missouri · 1922
  2. County of Sargent v. SweetmanNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1915
  3. In re Village of Le RoyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898

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