People Ex Rel. Krulish v. . Fornes
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered February 19, 1903, which affirmed the proceedings of the board of aldermen of the city of Flew York in determining that the defendant Chambers had been elected a member of that body and dismissed a writ of certiorari to review such proceedings. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered February 19, 1903, which affirmed the proceedings of the board of aldermen of the city of Flew York in determining that the defendant Chambers had been elected a member of that body and dismissed a writ of certiorari to review such proceedings. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. This court has jurisdiction to entertain the appeal from, the order for the reason that the Appellate Division affirmed the proceedings of the board in refusing to seat the relator.…
1Opinion of the Court
The relator and the respondent Chambers were candidates for the office of alderman from the twenty-eighth district of the city of New York at the general election held in November, 1901. On the face of the returns of the election inspectors Chambers appeared to have been elected by a plurality of sixteen. On an application made to the Supreme Court, Mr. Justice LEVENTRITT, on an examination of the void and protested ballots contained in the envelopes, rejected twenty-three as void, and directed the board of county canvassers to rednce the apparent plurality to eight votes. Subsequently the…
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- People Ex Rel. Feeny v. . Bd. of CanvassersNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- City of Niagara Falls v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- People Ex Rel. Sands v. . FeitnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
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- People ex. rel. Karns v. PorterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
- Jefferson County National Bank v. . DeweyNew York Court of Appeals · 1905
- Harris v. HulbertAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1925
- Chambers v. City of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1940
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