People ex rel. Stapleton v. Bell
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Rensselaer county. Petition for mandamus, on the relation of Thomas Stapleton and John J. Hassett, against George H. Bell and Harvey Dillenback. Defendants appeal. For decision at special term, see 7 FT. Y. Supp. 701. See, also, post, 939.
1Opinion of the CourtLandon, J.
The relators and the defendants are inspectors of election, and together composed the board of inspectors for the-election district, in the ninth ward of the city of Troy at the last general election. Upon the close of the polls on the day of the election, the board thus constituted counted the ballots, canvassed the votes, and proclaimed the results in that district. Thereupon such results were correctly stated in returns in the form required by law, and the relators signed the returns, but the defendants refused, and still refuse, to sign them. The special term by mandamvs directed the…
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