Lefkowitz v. Cohen

This is an appeal from an order which declared void a petition designating John R. Davies as a Republican candidate for the office of mayor of the city of New York and which enjoined the board of elections from placing the name of such candidate on the Republican ballot in the primary election to be held on September 16, 1941. Upon objections filed by petitioners the Special Term has held the petition invalid because it contained less than 5,000 proper signatures, that being the number required for a designating petition for mayor under section 136 of the Election Law.

On the face of the…