MATTER OF RODRIGUEZ v. Harris

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, without costs.

It was the factual determination of Special Term that there was no proof of forgery , or fraud or that the candidate himself had participated in or had any knowledge of the irregularities in the designating petition. In this circumstance the conclusion that, among 4,336. signatures held valid by the Board of Elections (out of a total 6,000 signatures), 9 signatures were invalid because they had not been taken by the notary or by the subscribing witness is insufficient as a matter of law to…