In Re the Cancellation of the Name of Gage
New York Court of Appeals
.Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, made Rovember 21, 1893, which affirmed an order of a justice of the Supreme Court, made at Chambers, striking the name of Matilda Joslyn Gage from the registry list of the third election district of the town of Manlius, Onondaga county. The facts, so far as material, are set forth in the opinion. The order appealed from involves a substantial right.
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.Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, made Rovember 21, 1893, which affirmed an order of a justice of the Supreme Court, made at Chambers, striking the name of Matilda Joslyn Gage from the registry list of the third election district of the town of Manlius, Onondaga county. The facts, so far as material, are set forth in the opinion. The order appealed from involves a substantial right. (People v. Sturtevant, 9 N. Y. 263; Ashby v. White, Ld. Raym. 938 ; 1 Smith’s L. C. [9th ed.] 464; Green v. Shumway, 39 N. Y. 418; Goetcheus v.…
1Opinion of the CourtFinch, J.
The 'question argued on this ajipeal is whether a-woman may vote for school commissioner in- her proper district within the state, and it arose in this manner: An act of the legislature (Laws of 1892, chap. 214) provides that “All persons without regard to sex, who ai’e eligible to the office of school commissioner and have the other qualifications now required by law, shall have the right to vote for school commissioner in the various commissioner districts of the state.” The act further requires that the persons so entitled to vote shall be registered “ as provided by law for those who vote…
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