Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Simons v. Knickerbocker
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 15, 1929PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtScudder, J.
It appears that at the general election held November 8, 1927, in and for the township of Ancram, Columbia county, vacancies were to be filled in town offices, including the office of supervisor. No party nominations .were made for town .officers. The electors were furnished by the election authorities with ballots for voting. These ballots contained the names of candidates for offices other than for town offices. They also contained party emblems and voting spaces for the cross alongside the emblems, and to the right of these voting spaces blank lines for the writing in of the names of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People Brown v. . the Bd. of Supervisors of Suffolk Cty.New York Court of Appeals · 1915
- In re GarvinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
- In re O'BrienAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
- People ex rel. Brown v. Board of SupervisorsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
3Cited by4 opinions
- Bennett v. Board of ElectionsNew York Supreme Court · 1957
- Dollard v. BowdoinNew York Supreme Court · 1933
- In re SchoonmakerNew York Supreme Court · 1940
- Johnson v. Lopez-TorresAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005