Flanagan v. Hynes
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Petition for a recount of ballots and a judicial declaration of tire plaintiff’s election as registrar of voters of the town of Waterbury, brought to and heard by the Hon. Milton A. Shumway, a judge of the Superior Court, who rendered judgment for the plaintiff, from which the defendant appealed. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
At the annual town election held- in the town of Waterbury on the first Monday of October, 1902, the petitioner and respondent were candidates for the office of registrar of voters. The one of them who received the larger number of votes was entitled to be declared elected; the other was not. For the petitioner 1,226 ballots were cast, of which 19 were upon pasters; 1,134 were cast for the respondent, 4 being by pasters. The respondent was declared elected. The 23 paster ballots, which were eoncededly valid, may, under the facts of the case, be disregarded. All the other ballots, whether cast…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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