Legal Opinion

Finnegan v. Cohen

New York Supreme Court

Decided September 5, 1941PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWalter, J.

This proceeding seeks to declare invalid a petition designating candidates for county committeemen in the eleventh Assembly district.

Much testimony was adduced in respect of charges of fraudulent alterations. I find that none of those charges has been sustained. Neither is there substance to the charge that signatures were obtained by fraud.

It is contended that the petition was not securely bound. It was stated without contradiction, however, that the chief clerk of *143the board of elections would testify, if called, that it was securely bound when presented for filing, and having looked at the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Surace v. DannaNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
  2. Matter of Powers v. CoughlinNew York Court of Appeals · 1935

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Finnegan v. CohenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1941
  2. Town of North Hempstead v. WhiteNew York Supreme Court · 1955
  3. Bruno v. LefeverAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
  4. Williams v. Westchester County Board of ElectionsNew York Supreme Court · 2009

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