Putnam v. Langley
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition for a writ of mandamus, to compel the respondents John R. Langley and Daniel Richards, as water commissioners of the town of Danvers, to recognize, receive and act with the petitioner as a member of said board, and to compel the respondent Josiah Ross to refrain from acting us such member.
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Petition for a writ of mandamus, to compel the respondents John R. Langley and Daniel Richards, as water commissioners of the town of Danvers, to recognize, receive and act with the petitioner as a member of said board, and to compel the respondent Josiah Ross to refrain from acting us such member. Hearing before Endicott, J., who ordered the petition to be dismissed; and, at the request of both parties, reported the case for the determination of the full court, such judgment to be entered as law and justice might require. The facts appear in the opinion. The case was argued at the bar in…
1Opinion of the CourtDevens, J.
The election of water commissioners was required to be by ballot, and at the annual town meeting of the town of Danvers for the election of town officers. St. 1874, e. 191. The moderator of the meeting at which such officer was to be voted for appointed a committee of five citizens to count the ballots cast, who made report to him, and he announced the vote, and Josiah Ross was declared elected by a majority of one vote. A motion was thereupon made that the votes be recounted by a new committee, which was carried. The moderator then *205appointed a new committee, who recounted the Votes, made'…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Conlin v. AldrichMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Baker v. CushmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
- Pearsons v. RanlettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
- Attorney General v. SimondsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
3Cited by20 opinions
- State ex rel. Coogan v. BarbourSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1885
- Witherspoon v. State Ex Rel. WestMississippi Supreme Court · 1925
- Moroni v. BrawdersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Coleman v. LouisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- In Re DelgadoSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
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