Legal Opinion
Callahan v. Dennis
New York Supreme Court
Decided April 4, 1955PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
Petitioner, a write-in candidate for Mayor of the Village of Chatham in Columbia County, seeks a recanvass of all the votes cast at the election held on March 15, 1955, for that office. His opponent, the respondent Dennis, has been proclaimed by the inspectors of election the successful candidate. Paper ballots were used in the election. There is no claim of fraud, bad faith or chicanery.
The petition alleges that the total votes cast for the office of Mayor in the election were 785 and that the result of the vote for Mayor as announced by the inspectors was 306 in favor of the petitioner, 327…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- People Ex Rel. Brink v. . WayNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
- Matter of Hearst v. . WoelperNew York Court of Appeals · 1905
- People Ex Rel. Brown v. . FreischNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Matter of Holley (Rittenberg)New York Court of Appeals · 1935
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- Di Benio v. PanaroNew York Supreme Court · 1962