Crosby v. Board of Election Commissioners of Newton

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus brought against the respondent board of election commissioners of Newton to compel them to certify the election of the petitioner as ward alderman from Ward 7 of that city and to direct the city clerk, also a respondent, to issue a certificate of election of the petitioner. The petition sought temporary restraining orders against the respondent Shea, who had also run for the office, to prevent him from taking any oath as Ward 7 alderman or “doing or purporting to do any official act or thing” in that office pending the determination of this case. The…