Berardi v. Registrars of Voters

The petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court dismissing her petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondent registrars of voters to count certain ballots in favor of the petitioner at a recount of votes cast at an election for school committee in Milford.

One Mary E. A. Murray, the petitioner’s nearest competitor, who appeared to have been elected upon the original count, was brought in to defend as the real party in interest. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 249, § 5, as last amended by St. 1943, c. 374, § 2. Mary E. A. Murray filed an answer wherein she alleged “by way of plea in…