Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Bell v. Board of Canvassers

New York Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1909PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Retubh of order to show cause why a peremptory writ of mandamus should not issue.

1Opinion of the CourtDevendorf, J.

This controversy arose over the canvass of votes cast upon local option, questions in district No. 1, of the town of T-ully, Onondaga county, at the election held November 2, 1909.

It was claimed at the time the order to show cause was obtained herein that the inspectors had improperly rejected nineteen ballots and had counted two illegal ballots. The questioned ballots were all produced in court; and it was substantially conceded by the parties that exhibits 1, 2, 3, 4,, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18 and 19 were void, leaving but exhibits 8 and 16, which had been rejected by the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. In re HouliganNew York Supreme Court · 1907

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Colne v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919
  2. Tamney v. AtkinsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
  3. People ex rel. Harrington v. CornishNew York Supreme Court · 1915

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