In re Rogers
New York Supreme Court
Application for an order directing a special town meeting to be held in the town of Carlton under the provisions of the Liquor Tax Law.
1Opinion of the CourtKruse, J.
It is contended on behalf of the petitioner that the town meeting held on March 10, 1903, at which the questions provided for in section 16 of the' Liquor Tax Law were submitted, was invalid for the reason that the petition which was filed in the office of the town clerk was not signed and acknowledged by the requisite number of voters.
A former application was heretofore made by a resident of the town for a writ of certiorari requiring the county treasurer to issue a liquor tax certificate, attacking said election upon the same ground and contending that it was void and of no effect; and that…