Clarke v. Joslin

This is a petition in equity in the nature of quo warranto brought under the provisions of Chapter 328, ‘Gen. Laws, 1909. It brings in question the title to the offices ■of first, third, and fourth member of the town council and ■of the assessor of taxes for three years in the town of Scituate.

At the annual election of the town officers in said town, held on May 15, 1912, the petitioners were the regular republican candidates for said offices as follows: Charles K. Clarke, Frank F. Brown and Joseph B. Eound were candidates for the offices of first, third and fourth member of the town council,…