People ex rel. Fiske v. Devermann
New York Supreme Court
Applications by Edwin W. Fiske and Edson Lewis, respectively, for mandamus to William H. Devermann and another. The applications were denied, and relator in each case appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCullen, J.
These two appeals involve the same questions of fact. The relators, Fiske and Lewis, were candidates for the office of major of the city of Mt. Vernon at the election in May last. Devermann, Hoffman, and Jones were inspectors of election at the polls in the Second election district of the Fourth ward. At the polls were two ballot boxes,—one to receive ballots for city officers, the other for ballots on the question of certain city expenditures. At the close of the polls and the commencement of the canvass it was found that, while 309 votes had been cast for city officers, but 305 ballots were…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People Ex Rel. Noyes v. . Bd. of CanvassersNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
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