Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Caffrey v. Mosso

New York Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1899PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Application for a writ of peremptory mandamus commanding the above named inspectors to reconvene and recount all of the proposition ballots returned as cast and counted by them on excise questions 1, 2, 3 and 4, in the recent election in said town, and to reject as void in their canvass all ballots upon which excise question number four is not printed as required by section 16 of the Liquor Tax Law, and to make their amended return accordingly, etc.

1Opinion of the CourtHiscock, J.

At the election held in and for the town of Volney, county of Oswego, upon ¡November 7, 1899, the attempt was made under the provisions of the Liquor Tax Law, and especially section 16 thereof, to have the inhabitants of said town vote upon the question of selling liquors in the various manners prescribed by law in said town. This controversy arises over the form in which question number four, enumerated in that section, was printed upon the ballot and submitted to the votes of the inhabitants. This application is founded upon the claim and theory that said question was improperly printed…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. In re ArnoldNew York Supreme Court · 1900
  2. In re SullivanNew York Supreme Court · 1901
  3. In re SmithNew York Supreme Court · 1904
  4. In re MerowAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
  5. In re Munson, New York County Courts1903

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